Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:46 PM 11/8/01 -0700, Tim Atherton wrote: >apart from those illegal little mercury ones, which can apparently be >damaged by freezing and may also last a shorter time when frozen than when >just stored in a fridge > >(and don't ask me where I read the somewhat scientific report on that - it >was a few years ago when they first started banning them...) This has been discussed in detail on a variety of photo lists and, yes, you should NOT freeze mercury batteries, though I recall that they will physically burst and, if they do not do suchlike, are fine when warmed up. And, again and again and again, mercury batteries have never been "banned": the distribution of mercury batteries without a recycling plan WAS banned, which amounts to the same thing -- but the batteries are fine, though the sale of them, apparently, is not. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html