On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 13:30:34 -0300 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> wrote: > I've never seen one that lasted for 10 years, and I've had to > replace several CR2032 lithium cells on motherboards that were ~5 > years old. And those were good quality cells, made in Japan. > > These cells do age (and discharge) with time, and temperature > plays a role on the aging. Since the motherboard design will also > play a major role, YMMV. It varies, I've got 10 machines average 10 years old, some of 1999, that didn't discharge after a 3 years stay in a warehouse. The discharge current depends on the battery's quality, and japan isn't the only one to produce good quality, some chinese firms do and some korean produces hi quality too (you can also easily find shit in japan). When you're sure your machine(s) won't be stuck in a cave for long, you can also use a coupling device with 2 alcaline batteries in; sounds silly but works very good (change batteries every 4-5 years 'cos the discharge current's much higher than a for Lithium one). -- Simsy: what do you wanna be in the future? GasTon92: Bra
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