Re: exploding battery

[rochow@pixelmagic.com]

On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Mike Mulholland wrote:

> the battery and never had any further problem. i now know that a
> 'maintenance free' battery isn't maintenance free. i check my batteries
> regularly nowadays.

I just found that out quite recently, too. I had previously heard the joke
that maintenance-free just means that badly needed maintenance
can't be performed, but to find that it's just a change in the shape of the caps
was rather a surprise.

-gbr