exploding batteries in mp3 player

War and Peace?

Simple enough. Leave it plugged in and check the temperature of the battery at intervals. It will have to be pretty hot to "explode".

Problem with rechargables is they are a slightly lower voltage and have almost no internal resistance, so can damage cheaper circuitry, unless designed for them.

Having said that I have always used them even when it said not.

Me too; loads of times, in loads of gadgets, and I have never to my knowledge suffered damaged circuitry or an explosion.

David

As long as you stick to music, rather than audio books...

Me Too. MY MP3 player (MSI megastick) runs fine on a NiMH AAA, for almost as long as it's supposed to on an alkaline. No charging current on USB though AFAIK - a test may be in order tomorrow in work as I can stick a thermocouple in there.

Thatnks Rice.

The tpyo joke has been done - thanks anyway.

Actually a "long tome" is a bit of an oxymoron isn't it? (Can one have a "bit" of an oxymoron). :-)

Mmm if there's no "charging" current, where does the energy come from in any

Don't you mean tautology?

I suspect he does. It certainly isn't an oxymoron, anything but!

There are too many layers. The guy that actually designed it. His manager. The people that actually constructed it, probably with some substitutions. The manual writers. Marketing. The translators.

Eventually, it can get far enough from the guy that designed it that the actual manual text bears little relation to reality. This can especially be the case with some MP3 players that the firm that puts it together may not have actually done the design, but just be using a standard circuit published by the maker, with the only 'innovation' being in the paint colour.

You suspect wrong!

(sigh) - but is it a "bit" of (a long) one? Geddit - yet!

I checked this out on mine yesterday. It turned out to be a more thorough test than I thought as the battery was flat to start with. The temperature in the battery compartment reached 25 degC (ambient was

Chris