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coco@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (felix.lugo) writes:

>In article <1992Oct7.181323.7221@news.media.mit.edu> lacsap@plethora.media.mit.edu (Pascal Chesnais) writes:
>>In article <1ask66INN2ga@ustores.ustores.missouri.edu>  
>>usbill@ustores.ustores.missouri.edu (Bill Canning) writes:
>>> 	Put the battery in the opposite way for 2 or 3 seconds. (Or simply
>>> 	leave it out for a while.)
>>
>>
>>DO NOT DO REVERSE THE BATTERY!!!!  Name me one NeXT document
>>that states this should be done.
>>
>>pasc

>	Would you care to expand on your comment?  Name me one NeXT document
>that states this should NOT be done?  8^)

>--Felix

>BTW,
>	I've performed this procedure several times (count 7), and I've
>NEVER experienced any problems with doing this.  Luck?  Maybe, but it works!

It works, but I have heard a couple of NeXT SEs say that this will
void your warranty.  You never know when the diode that prevents
reverse current will fail and fry who knows what.  
MUCH safer to let the capacitor sit and discharge for a few hours on
its own.  
What's your hurry? 
:-)
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