Lithium batteries can leak, although it is fairly rare. The only ones that I have known to leak were very, very old. That is why they use lithium batts, they 'don't' leak and have a 10 year + shelf life. Alkaline batteries on the other hand are awful about leaking, that is why the alkline that some computers use (the PM 6500 comes to mind) is inside of a heavy duty plastic shell.
-Robyn On Sunday, July 7, 2002, at 10:43 AM, Aughenbaugh, W wrote: > FWIW, I have never known a lithium battery to leak. Alkalines will > always > leak, sooner or later. > >> <snip> >> You are not the only person I know of who has what is actually an >> old(er) machine that is still in the box, and never been turned on. >> My questions for you is: Is the PRAM battery still in there? Once a >> battery really goes bad, in begins to leak nasty stuff, that eats >> into other things. -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
