OT: Lowest-power small server solutions

[Kevin Handy]

Scott Stevens wrote:

>On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 17:55:25 -0500
>Paul Koning <pkoning at equallogic.com> wrote:
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>>>>>>>"Scott" == Scott Stevens <chenmel at earthlink.net> writes:
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>> 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.
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>>I wouldn't bet on that.
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>>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.
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>>       paul
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>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.
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Where would the lithium go? Batteries are (usually) not
radioactive transformations.

Discharging batteries is (usually) just a chemical reaction.
The formula changes, but the base atoms remain the same.

>Does anybody know more they can contribute on the topic?
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