[LargeFormat] more on batteries

[Don Wilkes]

At 01:49 PM 12/14/00 +0000, Clive Warren wrote:

>Varta stopped selling mercury batteries a long while ago - they have a very 
>"green" government right now. Also, the sale of such batteries is banned 

Hmm...I had wondered about that.  You can still find some in stock here in
Canada, but I worry a bit about how old they are.  I have one still in the
package, hanging on the pegboard in my shop; I guess it needs to go into
the fridge!

>Freezing them is a really bad idea as this damages the electrolyte.

Many thanks -- I did not know about that.  I'm glad I've never done that!


>You can do your own conversion using a Shottky diode if you are happy about 
>opening up a meter and wielding the soldering iron to place the diode in 

Ack!  I don't think so, Clive...:}  One little slip, and I could kiss
goodbye to my FTn head.

Cheers,
\don