On 13 November 2014 01:15, David Harmon wrote: > On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 22:54:23 +0000, Chris McSweeny > wrote: > >How reassuring. I often worry about people stealing data from my > batteries. > >Seriously, what is the application for this? > > To make sure that if they sell you the razor cheap, you cannot not buy > the razorblades from them. All that about battery safety is 97% BS. > > Ink cartridges. > Batteries. > Coffee pods. > But the 3% can be a real beauty. Epson had a printer line in the good ol days of impact printers that relied on the ink for head lubrication. Non std ink was early death. Sony have had some spectacular LiIon failures. But many clone batteries are far worse, safety wise. If you have equipment worth say $000+ you may want to at least think about battery failure issues. If brand N battery burns out your laptop PC they WILL give you a new one (battery AND laptop). If clone brand battery leaves the factory door they will be happy. That said, I use more LiIon batteries as a consumer than most people do and I buy after market batteries often, and I have never had any LiIon battery self immolate. Worst I've seen was a battery that I bought on the street in China BECAUSE it was a bad one swell rather nastily in due course. I've seen others do that. But, no fire. Sony camera batteries that I have owned (probably dozens of) generally have higher capacities and higher cycle lives than clone drop in replacements. Russell --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .