taizou @lion@computerfairi.es

ok so i'm trying to work out safe storage for my handhelds with li-ion 🦁 batteries & i don't really know what i'm doing, is this correct?
- a battery stored outside of a device is basically fine
- a battery connected to a device may be damaged by over-discharge from low level drain over time & swell up but it's not a fire risk if you don't try to charge it?
and for devices with unremovable batteries is it better to give them a charge every so often to keep them in good condition?

Ever have two unrelated obscure interests from different periods of your life intersect in a totally unexpected way
Anyway here's a power bank emulator handheld being advertised with a Unicorn Kid track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1K4qnKU1A8

My working theory is the replacements were a) probably old stock from the 2000s so aging more and b) more likely to have a decent capacity so more battery juice to go bad
Whereas the ones bundled with the cheap consoles would be newly manufactured but probably mostly lemon juice and toilet paper inside

Recently I've been going through my collection of consoles (as in, clones, plug n plays, all in one handhelds, emu machines, not the "proper" ones) taking an inventory and also checking on the batteries... Found two swollen ones so far
The interesting thing though is both of those are aftermarket replacements that I bought to replace low capacity originals (these consoles often use Nokia or GBASP battery clones so easy to replace), none of the originals seem to have gone bad so far