Msg: 2860 *Conference*

07-14-92 04:48:58

From: FRANK MCJUNKINS

To : KEITH RISLER

Subj: MODEL 100 BATTERY PACKS

If you did a good job connecting (soldering or whatever) on those C cells, the
odds of them 'causing' the problem is minimal.  However, you have to evaluate
what really happened here.  By using a larger capacity cell (more current
available in the C cells) you left yourself open for more destruction if/when
something else went bad...whether it be a shorted part
 or shorted circuit board.  I guess what I'm trying to say is that if something
shorted around the printer plug, then any voltage going to 'ground' had the
ability to do more DAMAGE to the circuit trace (or component) as you provided
more current with the C cells.  Maybe given the same instance with AA
batteries, the damage might have only been a small trace burn.  But with more
current available, the trace might have acted like a long fuse.  It doesn't
appear that the C cells CAUSED the problem, but they certainly may have
accelerated resulting damage.