The upside-down capacitor in mid-‘90s Macs, proven and documented by hobbyists
The upside-down capacitor in mid-‘90s Macs, proven and documented by hobbyists
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The upside-down capacitor in mid-‘90s Macs, proven and documented by hobbyists
I dug my LC III out of storage the other day and replaced the battery that had been in there for 31 years. Good to know about these capacitors. I'll leave a note for myself inside the case.
So uh, just a friendly suggestion: don't leave any battery in any computer stored anywhere for any length of time.
If you're storing anything (expecially if it's somewhere that's going to be subject to extreme heat/cold, or humidity or whatever) longer than a couple of months, you should probably be yanking the battery out, because even newly made ones will leak given the right circumstances and enough time.
Yes I know. It just took me 31 years to get around to it.
also if they go below the min voltage it won't be safe (and it'll usually not allow you) to charge it back up