This brings up an interesting point. Having just replaced my NiCad I think I'm going to use my label maker to leave a note about when it was replaced under the battery door.
On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 4:20 PM, Brian White <[email protected]> wrote: > I meant to say, the only harm it does is, it harms the next owner, in that > they may or may not like the idea that their M100 has been modified in this > way. > > It's arguable both ways though. You could say that by removing the > battery, you are removing all possibility of it leaking an corroding the > motherboard in the future unless someone goes out of their way to add a > battery back in, but then if they do that, then it won't leak on them > without their knowing it. You could say this is actually the best most > prophilactic practice. Most random new ebay buyers are currently at risk of > batteries leaking all by itself without their doing anything to cause it > and without their knowing anything about it. That's even true of a new > replacement battery, just less so or delayed a little further in the future. > > I can't be religious on this myself in either direction, keeping a battery > or removing. Because I have put new batteries in all mine, and I have even > done worse. I have desoldered the original dip28 sockets for the original > roms in order to install the figtronix plcc socket main rom adapter board. > I did preserve the original sockets so I can still put everything back, but > at minimum the pcb still shows the signs of desoldering and soldering. So, > I've already hacked on my machines more than their next owners would > probably like. But I can still recognize that it's a consideration. > > -- > bkw > >
