> > > The majority of the repairs I have had to do with leaking Li batteries > were > because someone had spilt a drink or beaker of something into the > equipment. Hmm.. We had tons of those, "guess the beverage" became a game in the repair department. But the vast majority of our battery failures were simply "dead". I only remember one coming back with a ruptured battery, and it was reported to have caused the device to partially disassemble, but they put it back together before they shipped it to us. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist