On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 tothwolf(a)concentric.net wrote:
> BTW, I worked with a guy who accidentally
recharged an AA sized
> Lithium battery. It left shrapnel in the wall and he is still slighty
> deaf in one ear.
Do I dare ask *how* one accidentally recharges a
lithium battery?
By powering a battery powered PCB from a bench supply and forgetting
to remove the battery jumper. Careless.
Not to mention dangerous. Sounds like the design should have had a diode
in the battery circuit to prevent that kind of accident.
-Toth