The real danger lies in metal penetrating the cells and short circuiting them instantly.
On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 12:25 PM, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote: > > The chemistry of old single-use batteries and modern rechargeable batteries > is very different. You could, if you wanted to, cut an old battery in half > without much happening. That's not true of something like a lithium ion > cell (as can easily be seen on youtube), so those tend to be enclosed in > a reasonably strong airtight and watertight casing. Old cells were not, > so if the battery began to degrade you could end up with some fairly nasty > chemicals forcing their way out of the battery and ending up all over the > inside of whatever you were using the battery in. > > > On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 04:46:19PM -0400, Mark C wrote: >> I wondered about that. My Q would lose stored setting in a day or two >> without a battery in it, so I left it in. >> >> On 6/5/2017 12:25 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: >> > >> > The thing is this issue isn't so much a problem with the battery, but >> > with storing the camera with the battery in it. Back in the day of film >> > cameras we were told never to store the camera with the batteries in >> > it. Why would that advice not pertain to modern digital devices and >> > rechargeable batteries? >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
