Leaving Dell Dimension 8300 running 24/7 ...?

[Captain Jinks]

Just an off-the-wall observation re consumer 9V batteries - a fresh one with
exposed contacts in a pocketful of loose change can bring about a real
attention-getter.

And that would be a bad place to keep your BIC lighter, by the way.

I once tossed a bunch of D and C batteries into a large coffee can
"temporarily", you know how that goes. It weren't long before it was a
can full of dead batteries, but at least they didn't generate too much
heat.

 

[Thomas G. Marshall]

Captain Jinks coughed up:

And that would be a bad place to keep your BIC lighter, by the way.

I once tossed a bunch of D and C batteries into a large coffee can
"temporarily", you know how that goes. It weren't long before it was a
can full of dead batteries, but at least they didn't generate too much
heat.

I'm not sure I could make the circuit complete for all batteries in a coffee
can if I tried.

How were they arranged? Did you fill the thing with iron filings or
something?


--
Puzzle: You are given a deck of cards all face up
except for 10 cards mixed in which are face down.
If you are in a pitch black room, how do you divide
the deck into two piles (may be uneven) that each
contain the same number of face-up cards?
Answer (rot13): Sebz naljurer va gur qrpx, qrny bhg
gra pneqf naq syvc gurz bire.

 

[Captain Jinks]

Captain Jinks coughed up:


I'm not sure I could make the circuit complete for all batteries in a coffee
can if I tried.

How were they arranged? Did you fill the thing with iron filings or
something?

I didn't think there was much chance of this happening either. In
addition to the batteries being dead, and none were totally fresh to
begin with, some had leaked all over the place, mostly those damned
Energizers, which are really prone to leakage. It's really annoying when
you have to use an arbor press to remove a bad Energizer from your
favorite three cell Maglite.

CJ

 

[Roger Wilco]

"Thomas G. Marshall"

Captain Jinks coughed up:


I'm not sure I could make the circuit complete for all batteries in a coffee
can if I tried.

How were they arranged? Did you fill the thing with iron filings or
something?

The method of storage may have promoted local action.

 

[Roger Wilco]

"Thomas G. Marshall"

Captain Jinks coughed up:

Those aren't batteries, they're cells (yeah, I know - who cares)

I'm not sure I could make the circuit complete for all batteries in a coffee
can if I tried.

How were they arranged? Did you fill the thing with iron filings or
something?

Maybe the storage method promoted local action.

 

[Thomas G. Marshall]

Captain Jinks coughed up:

I didn't think there was much chance of this happening either. In
addition to the batteries being dead, and none were totally fresh to
begin with, some had leaked all over the place, mostly those damned
Energizers, which are really prone to leakage. It's really annoying
when you have to use an arbor press to remove a bad Energizer from
your favorite three cell Maglite.

I've seen some leakage from energizers, but mostly because I use /only/
them. (haven't tested the e^2's yet). And that's because after
ex*haus*tive testing on a sony walkman over many many hours in the gym, I
discovered that hands down the bunny beats everyone, even when they say it
doesn't.