Aalice.471 net.space utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!mhtsa!alice!sjb Thu Feb 4 21:52:44 1982 Re: dead batteries Yes, it seems that a little contamination (some aluminum compound) clogged up one of its aspirators. These are the little holes that drain the cell of water. Subsequently, the cell flooded and that's what caused it to be finally shut down. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.