OT: Lowest-power small server solutions

[Scott Stevens]

On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 17:55:25 -0500
Paul Koning <pkoning at equallogic.com> wrote:

> >>>>> "Scott" == Scott Stevens <chenmel at earthlink.net> writes:
> 
>  Scott> ....  Also, Alkaline
>  Scott> batteries run the risk of leaking nasty substances on my
>  Scott> beautiful Sun hardware.  I don't think Lithium batteries have
>  Scott> that problem.
> 
> I wouldn't bet on that.
> 
> As a rule of thumb, all batteries contain nasty chemicals.  Which ones
> depends on the battery.  But if you assume all are nasty you will only
> rarely be mistaken.
> 
>        paul
> 
But don't lithium batteries contain just lithium, which is all gone by the time the battery discharges?  An alkaline or carbon-zinc battery starts oozing as a rule within a few years.  The AAA lithium battery presumably doesn't run the risk of that until at least 2020.

Does anybody know more they can contribute on the topic?


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