Re: "Fat" 170 appears dead after a power outage -- MIDRANGE-L

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Subject: Re: "Fat" 170 appears dead after a power outage
From: "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 16:37:25 -0700
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On 11/2/23 3:52 PM, Patrik Schindler wrote:

I've never seen a(n empty) button battery leak. And I've seen many of those over decades.

I have. I have 35mm cameras that run on the venerable #76 silver cells. And I've seen them leak.

I would imagine that it's probably less likely with lithium cells, since metallic lithium is only slightly less likely to catch fire than metallic sodium or metallic potassium.

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JHHL

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