They would not work if you put them in backwards. Same as if you put a AA or
AAA battery in facing the wrong way.
I think it is more of a flow of current as in positive and negative and not
a polarity issue ?

Dave

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 3:49 AM, Don Penlington <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Kenneth wrote:
>
> <<Typically there is a watch-type battery that's easy to spot and
> hopefully just as easy to pop out of its clip and replace once you
> switch the computer off.>>
>
> I'd just add to Kenneth's excellent notes:
>
> Before you flip the old battery out, make a note of which side is facing
> up. One side is marked + and the other - .
>
> The new battery must go in the same way round in order to preserve the
> correct polarity.
>
> I'm not sure what would happen if you put it in the wrong way round.
> Perhaps time would be reversed, so that you could travel backwards in time
> to some bygone era.
>
> Don Penlington
>
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