Maybe I am one of those experts you are talking about, and I agree with you -- with
the following caveat.
I would not risk a trickle charge that is greater than the self-discharge rate of a
non-rechargeable battery. You may wind up with battery innards leaked onto the circuit
board.
Donald Vollmer wrote at 03:58 PM 02/13/2004:
>I think the points are: Nobody with common sense and basic knowledge of
>battery chemistry believes you can recharge non-rechargeable batteries.
>However, a small precise trickle charge will stop/delay the chemical
>reaction that ultimately gets to all non-rechargeable batteries. Not
>withstanding what all the experts are too willing to say.
Michael Welch
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