RE: Leaving battery in? Was "Are bezels available...?"

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From: Brian Bender (bbender_at_csi.com)
Date: Thu Jan 07 1999 - 13:55:56 EST

I'm just guessing at the layout, but I imagine the battery has a nice clean
run to the power & ground planes, so it would sink quite a bit of a spike
before it could actually raise the voltage enough to hurt other
components...

No?

 - Brian

> On Thursday, January 07, 1999 1:46 PM, Robert_Huber_at_WellspringRes.com
> wrote:
>
>
> How does a battery act as a surge suppressor, since the surge would be
> traveling over the AC adapter where the surge could spread
> through out the
> entire box?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian Bender [SMTP:bbender_at_csi.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 1999 1:37 PM
> > To: 'Thinkpads'
> > Subject: RE: Leaving battery in? Was "Are bezels available...?"
> >
> > As well as a surge suppressor.
> >
> > - Brian
> >
> > On Wednesday, January 06, 1999 1:15 PM, Jane Loyless wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > At 12:33 PM 1/6/99 -0500, "Don" <dvmak_at_ibm.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > >I have been looking for a cover for the battery cover as
> > > well. My concern is
> > > >that when I use the system for extended periods on AC power
> > > the battery may
> > > >suffer or get overheated. Any recommendations whether I
> > > should leave the
> > > >battery in place during these times or should I remove it?
> > > >
> > >
> > > I always leave it in. It serves as a UPS.
> > >
> >
>

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