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

On 27/06/2026 10:41, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> On 6/27/2026 3:57 PM, druck wrote:
>>
>> Just let it self discharge in storage. As long as it is in a cool
>> environment with no risk of the battery being crashed, it will be fine.
>> Alternatively disassemble and dispose of the battery before storin

> So to quickly discharge a rechargeable battery, the only way is to 
> extract the battery out of secuerd casing, and short its anode and 
> cathode (which are protected by chips) with a fuse?

No, that's not what I said.

DO NOT try to quickly discharge Lithium batteries, either let it 
discharge naturally, or take to a place which disposes of Lithium 
batteries safely.

Otherwise you will damage the equipment, and are likely to cause the 
very fire you are trying to avoid.

> That's really tricky for babies and kids.

Which is why no one, apart from you is recommending doing that.

> That explained why they make USB port's pin smaller, narrower, finer 
> while increasing the power. :)

USB-C's increased power capability is from being able to use higher 
voltages, and not increasing current over thin wires. It has nothing to 
do with discharging.

Anyway given this response along with the number and inappropriateness 
of the cross posted groups, I'm going put this down as trolling, and 
kill the thread.

---druck