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

On 28/06/2026 05:11, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> On 6/28/2026 3:30 AM, druck wrote:
>>
>> DO NOT try to quickly discharge Lithium batteries, either let it
>> discharge naturally, or take to a place which disposes of Lithium
>> batteries safely.
>>
>> 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.
> 
> So there is absolutely no way to quickly discharge rechargeable 
> batteries so as to return them to safe state?
> 
I have here a container containing a quantity of potential energy. It 
might be a lake behind a dam. It might be a fusion bomb, it might be a 
battery...It might be an elephant at 50,000 feet.

I want to rapidly and safely return it to a state where it has no energy.

Unfortunately someone told me energy is always conserved, usually into a 
fucking big bang.

All questions are simpler when viewed from the correct perspective.

> I will open a thread targetting only rechargeable batteries including 
> ones made out of lithium.
> 
Will you now?


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