On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:46:14 -0800, DaveC wrote:

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:30:28 -0800, mc wrote (in article
):

As others have pointed out, they could well be silicon diodes, but are
they temperature sensors? I'd expect to find temperature sensors in a
battery pack.

They could be used as sensors, but they look just like common glass diodes
(1n4xxx type), to me.

However, while the diodes and resistors run alongside the cells, they are
(well, were) in shrink tubing and the cells are in a thick cardboard tube
(like a T.P. roll). Doesn't this make, logistically, for a poor temp
sensor location?

Depends on what you're sensing. For something like a NiCad sometimes you
can get away with just measuring the gradiant of the temp, for that the
setup you have is enough. TTYL