I'd modify that to, "Never leave ANY battery inside of your radio or
test equipment." Li-ion's seem to be very stable, I haven't ever heard
of a cell phone or laptop with a leakage problem. Li-Poly's don't seem
to leak but they do catch fire ... at least once. Fortunately, I was
out on the deck with my KX1 and the battery was external on a pigtail by
which I picked it up and threw it over the rail onto our gravel
driveway. Lots of "sparken und fizzen."
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013
- www.cqp.org
On 11/29/2012 11:00 AM, W5RDW wrote:
I second that, from experience!
Left the batteries in my MFJ 259B Antenna Analyzer for just a short time and
will not do that again! What a mess. Some white looking pookie leaked out
on, fortunately, one end of the battery tray and did no harm. But if I had
left it there for months, I can imagine it would have been a big problem.
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