Dead CMOS Battery - NEC Powermate portable

Not sure if there were rechargable litiums but they have had, and still have, rechargeable alkalin batteries - my son has 2 sets he swaps in/out for his Handspring Deluxe PDA (AAA). => -----Original Message----- => From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org => [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Joe => Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 6:27 PM => To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org => Subject: Re: Dead CMOS Battery - NEC Powermate portable => => => At 02:08 PM 2/10/02 -0800, you wrote: => >> > => >> > It is, perhaps, a stupid question; and I'm familiar with 3 volt => lithiums. What I'm attempting to get at, more precisely, is => >there => >> > anything special about the Mn02-Li's that I need to know about? => >> => >> YEs, don't recharge them. They _will_ explode. => >> => >Thanks. I thought the difference, if there were one, might be that the => MnO2s were the rechargeable type. => => There are SOME types of lithium batteries that can be recharged but I => don't think any of the common consumer type Lithium batteries => can. I THINK => the rechargeable ones are also 3.6 volt so they're not suitable for what => you need anyway. => => Joe => =>