Should I store my collection with the PRAM battery installed?

[Nice]

Hi guys, I was wondering about this. The more I browse videos about oldes Macs, the more I see videos about damages caused by battery leakage.

I have more than 15 Macs in my collection, and was wondering if I should take out the PRAM batteries and only keed it in the ones I use..

Any thoughts??

Thank you guys in advance!!!

 

[Eriamjh1138@DAN]

As batteries generally go, removal is always best for safe storage. However, I've yet to see a Mac PRAM battery leak. Granted, I've not opened up machines that are more than 10-15 years old.

If easily removed, do it. If you have to tear it down, it's your choice.

 

[bunnspecial]

I've seen very few "G" era computers(barring obscure ones like the Kanga) with leaky battery. They're usually just dead.

With that said, I've seen a few with the red Maxwell batteries that are prone to leak.

With that said, the consequences of a leaking battery can be a dead computer. I have a Classic in my collection that's not economically repairable because of a battery leak.

So, I don't take chances. Few of the computers in my collection have PRAM batteries. My Mac II has batteries(new ones) because it must have working batteries to boot. A few of my G4s have CPU upgrades with patched firmware, and they have good batteries. Aside from that, I leave them out.

 

[ziggy29]

If I don't expect to use it for several weeks, even months, at a time (or more) I will take them out if it doesn't require significant "surgery". I've never had a problem with a leaky PRAM battery in a Mac, but why take chances on the models where removing it is a very easy precaution?

 

[pochopsp]

Does this affect mobile devices too? I have some phones, smartphones and an eBook reader I would like to keep for years and years... These devices have SOCs (system on a chip), so due to the dimension it would be much harder to do that.