battery related question

[whiz115]

is it possible for a bad quality rechargable battery to create voltage spikes which can be double the initial voltage of a fully charged battery and damage
a sensitive device?

thanks!

 

[ronsimpson]

no. The battery may have been incerted backwards. (negative spike)

 

[whiz115]

what i said is not possible? a friend of mine thinks that he burned a digital camera because of that...

 

[MikeMl]

More likely he was using woolen mittens while combing his hair and changing batteries at the same time.

 

[whiz115]

well...you never know! so i had to ask.. i don't know every detail on the principle of operation of a battery

 

[MikeMl]

You may have missed my humor. Nothing in battery chemistry will generate static damage, which is what most likely happened.

 

[Hero999]

If the leads are long and highly inductive, it's possible for spikes to be generated under transient conditions.

 

[alphacat]

As Hero said, highly inductive consumers can have a very large current when in transient state than when in steady state, even when its operated by a DC source.

 

[MikeMl]

If the leads are long and highly inductive...

Where are the long leads in a pocket camera?

 

[whiz115]

You may have missed my humor. Nothing in battery chemistry will generate static damage, which is what most likely happened.

no i haven't missed anything..i'm justifying the reason i had to ask.