"Intelligent" Battery Q

[Tango Niner]

What's the purpose of the little plastic sliders on the side of the intelligent batteries? They slide off quite easily.

I've included pix with/without the sliders for reference.

 

[Bolle]

They are supposed to slide over the contacts to cover them while in storage so the batteries cant be shorted accidentally.

 

[Tango Niner]

Makes sense, thanks Bolle.

 

[register]

You may also try to put the slider on the battery in a direction to fit the slider's rounded shape to the rounded shape of the battery case. This way you can leave the slider always on the battery case. It will fit properly into the PowerBook and should not slide off inadvertently, also.