SumGie said:
Um, pardon me, but what exactly is a didoe? Are they really as cheap as you
say? And why do you want them installed in my batteries? What good will
they do, when all that is necessary is for people to obey the warning not to
try recharging?
I figure if someone gets hurt because they were doing something they were
told not to do, they deserve to be hurt! Any lawsuits they care to bring
should be laughed out of court, and if I'm on the jury, you can be sure they
will be! Attempting to force people to act in a safe manner will always
fail. They'll find a way to go around you and your rules.
There are several reasons you wouldn't want to do this.
1. Diodes are cheap, but still a significant cost relative to the price of a
battery.
2. Diodes have a 0.2 (germanium), 0.6 to 1.2 volt drop (silicon) when
conducting in the forward direction, which eats up the better part of the
1.5 volts provided by the battery itself.
3. Diodes take up space that could be better used for battery components,
thus reducing the available power even further.
4. The percentage of people attempting to recharge non-rechargeable
batteries is very small, not worth any amount of effort to stop it, beyond
the warning label that says not to try it.
5. There are alkaline batteries that are designed to be recharged a few
times in specially designed chargers for those who feel they must recharge
alkalines. They're not that much more expensive than regular alkalines.