On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 1:20 PM, Brian White <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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. > > Funny I was thinking, WITHOUT the battery would it make it likely that the next owner would think it's broken and throw it away? But actually, without the battery in, it probably removes the "storage dysfunction" behavior that Model T's exhibit when you first try to use them after removing the mothballs. That behavior causes laymen to think that the computer is broken. So in some ways it would make it less likely to get tossed in the garbage. Still think that it's best to replace the nicd (and mark the date of replacement somewhere on the unit). Too bad the nicd isn't placed in a user serviceable area. -- John.
