On Tuesday, July 29, 2014 12:43:18 PM UTC-4, Jim Wilkins wrote:

We know that electronics is all FM, so perhaps Maxwell demons from the
power line infest the batteries.

Better stick pins in them to be safe.

Once upon a time, I had a boss who insisted that if you put 1 million 1.5V cells in series and measured the voltage across (actually, he pronounced it 'acrosst' which made me want to punch his lights out every time he said it) any single cell, it would be something other than 1.5V.

And HE was MY boss.

P.S. I doubt he knew how much his mechanic paid for his wife's brake parts, either.