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New button battery laws (Australia)
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Monkeh:
I dare say most manufacturers are not going to implement a second retention mechanism because you have a screw phobia.
Kerlin:

--- Quote from: Monkeh on June 21, 2022, 04:43:34 am ---I figured it was only a matter of time before james_s turned up to complain that his life is unduly hard again.

Personally I prefer screws. Screwed on battery covers stay there, rather than working their way to being loose after a while and promptly falling off. But I also don't bury my screwdrivers under concrete or need to constantly 'mess' with battery powered devices.

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I thank him very much for once teaching me that offering technical help is a waste of time.
It has helped by stopping me arguing with people who cant read and understand.


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Cerebus:

--- Quote from: Zero999 on June 20, 2022, 07:32:01 am ---How about childproof battery packaging? I think that would make just as much of a difference.

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You haven't bought coin cells in consumer packaging for a while I take it? It's in adult proof packaging nowadays. There's no way you can get at the battery without cutting the (tough PET) packaging off it. The last few times I've had to do it I've had genuine concerns about shorting the cell out with the scissors that I was using to extricate the cell with.

Just found an unopened one. That PET film is on both sides of the cell and is heat sealed around the edges.

AndyBeez:
Whose gonna tell Karen?
Black Phoenix:

--- Quote from: AndyBeez on June 21, 2022, 11:15:07 pm ---Whose gonna tell Karen?

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Sorry there isn't any comparison. One is an item that parents should buy in accordance to the age of the kid (the ones for young age kids don't have pieces small enough to be swallowed) and it's the responsability of the parents to always be in supervision when the kid is playing with.

The other is a everyday household that if products and package don't account for kids (by using a screw plus a latch for example) can cause serious health problems because it can go unnoticed for a while. A lego piece small enough to me swallow may cause asphyxiation (and it is something you see right away) and if in the stomach doesn't cause the problems a battery cause (although both need extraction from the body) as burns.

Regarding James_S and his aversion against screws, I never saw a workbench from a EE that doesn't have a set of precision screwdrivers at an arms length, normally in a nice desk stand, all propped up.
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