Re: Discharging a wireless USB keyboard for long-term storage

"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <[email protected]> Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:57:44 +0800

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On 6/27/2026 1:46 PM, R.Wieser wrote:
> 
> But the fastest way would be to open the keyboard, take some electrical wire
> and connect the positive and negative battery terminals.  Depending on the
> kind of battery it might cause sparking and a glowing, *very* hot battery
> though.  It might even explode. But hey, its fast. :-)

Can you do it via its Type-C USB port?

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