Dead CMOS Battery - NEC Powermate portable

From: Carlos Murillo <cmurillo_at_emtelsa.multi.net.co>
Date: Mon Feb 11 06:52:51 2002

At 07:26 PM 2/10/02 -0500, Joe wrote:
>At 02:08 PM 2/10/02 -0800, you wrote:
>>> >
>>> > It is, perhaps, a stupid question; and I'm familiar with 3 volt
>lithiums. What I'm attempting to get at, more precisely, is
>>there
>>> > anything special about the Mn02-Li's that I need to know about?
>>>
>>> YEs, don't recharge them. They _will_ explode.
>
> There are SOME types of lithium batteries that can be recharged but I
>don't think any of the common consumer type Lithium batteries can. I THINK
>the rechargeable ones are also 3.6 volt so they're not suitable for what
>you need anyway.

There are rechargeable lithium batteries. They need tailored,
cpu-controlled intelligent chargers, though. The thing
is, the become chemically unstable if overcharged in any way,
and can explode.


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Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo_at_nospammers.ieee.org
Received on Mon Feb 11 2002 - 06:52:51 GMT