Date   : Tue, 08 Nov 2005 23:42:04 +0000
From   : Mike Tomlinson <mike@...>
Subject: Re: Master battery packs

In article <002901c5e484$f8b9f680$3201a8c0@...>, David Hunt
<dm.hunt@...> writes

>Has anyone had experience of the batteries actually exploding or was this
>related to another issue that Acorn kept quiet about?

Acorn changed to the 3-alkaline-cell plus resistor and diode battery
pack to prevent reverse-charging after one of the original design
lithium cells caught fire in a user's machine (I seem to remember it was
a school.)  Saw the pictures at the time as I worked at an Acorn dealer.