[LargeFormat] more on batteries
Don Wilkes
largeformat@f32.net
Thu Dec 14 12:24:01 2000
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