From: Christopher Phillips (cphillips_at_reflectionsinteractive.com)
Date: 2002-10-01 10:56:59
>
> (Is there a reason why the (+) side of all four batteries
> leaked, or is it
> just that the batteries might have been built like a bottle
> whose cap the
> (+) terminal is, and the easiest escape for the interior is
> the cap?
Yes. The guts of the battery is a bit like this:
| o |
| o |
| o |
| o |
| |
\---/
where the side walls and bottom are a zinc cannister than forms
the -ve electrode, and the 'o's are a carbon(?) rod that
forms the +ve electrode. It contacts a metal cap that is placed
over the top of the 'bottle', with an insulating ring
that seperates it from the zinc. There's a gloppy white paste
between the electrodes; can't remember what it's made of.
I dissassembled a few batteries long long ago ;)
obCommodore: Haven't had a chance to test the c2n232 you sent
me yet; just got my new serial->USB adaptor, but also recieved
OS X 10.2 and also the game Black and White in the same delivery
and have been playing with those ;-) Should hopefully look at
the device this week.
Cheers,
Christopher Jam
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