On Feb 11, 21:29, Tony Duell wrote:
> There are stories of some UK machine (I want to say BBC Master, but...)
> being shipped with a lithium battery installed in place of a NiCd but
> still having the charger circuit enabled. Apparently it wasn't unheard-of
> for said battery to make a large hole in the cover....
It was an Acorn/BBC Master 128, but it only happened once, and it didn't
make a hole. However, it did happen in a teaching hospital, so there was
rather a lot of fuss about it. When Acorn realised what had happened, they
recalled all the lithium battery packs and replaced them with Duracell
packs.
I worked for Acorn at the time, and was peripherally involved in the
recall. Basically, I had to contact/visit all the dealers, education
authorities, and service centres in my patch and make sure they surrendered
all the lithium packs, both in machines, as held as spares, in exchange for
the replacements. Acorn didn't want to risk any repeat performance.
I can't remember much of the detail now, but I do remember having a
lifetime supply of 3V AA lithium cells (non-rechargable variety).
Unfortunately, "lifetime" means "shelf life" :-(
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Mon Feb 11 2002 - 17:36:55 GMT