> 
> I wonder now about battery-powered circuits. Say you had a low Iq
> circuit, 3 AA and components that worked all the way from 5V to under
> 3V. It might sit there for a considerable time with less than 
> charged cells,
> functioning properly. When you eventually put fresh batteries 
> in, the caps
> wouldn't kersplode by being over-voltaged by 50% because they'd
> reformed at 3V ? Surely not ? You don't hear of remote controls and
> the like failing
> Jinx [joecolquitt@clear.net.nz]


My point exactly.  If it were a reliability issue there'd be far more in
the various data sheets about it. 


John Dammeyer


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