Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp 1.2 08/01/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hp-pcd!john From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Re: lifetime of rechargeable batteri Message-ID: <69600012@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 15:27:00 EST Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.69600012 Posted: Wed Dec 12 15:27:00 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 10-Dec-84 02:22:40 EST References: <323@qantel.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR Lines: 17 Nf-ID: #R:qantel:-32300:hp-pcd:69600012:000:704 Nf-From: hp-pcd!john Dec 7 12:27:00 1984 <<< The reason that Alkalines are all stamped "Do not Recharge" is because they can leak or even explode if not properly recharged. I have heard of a TV Cameraman with a portable video unit and a belt pack of batteries that was killed this way. No references to this and it is probably electronic folklore. The problem is that your average K-Mart blue light special household battery recharger complete with diode and series resistor/light-bulb does not provide the voltage and current control that you need for a alkaline battery. They even make these batteries with a dimple at one end so a battery holder can distingish between alkalines and other batteries. John Eaton !hplabs!hp-pcd!john