Storage Hazards

[Tony Duell]

> Speaking of which... LOL, can someone suggest a way to CLEAN battery acid?  Is
> my PDA salvageable?

If these were 'alkaline' batteries, like Duracell, then the electrolyte, 
not suprisingly, is alkaline, and you need an acid to clean it up and 
neutralise it. Try a dilute solution of citric acid.

Of course, if PCB traces are corroded/open, you'll then have to fix those.

Another machine that suffeers -- baddly -- from battery corrosion is the 
Whitechapel MG1. There are 5 AA NiCds on the power distribution PCB, if 
they leak, they will corrode the connector between that PCB and the 
mainboard, if not the mainboard itself.

-tony