Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL Nintendo coats all of their Switch cartridges with extremely bitter denatonium benzoate to deter children from putting them in their mouths and swallowing them.www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1472arrow-down111
arrow-up1461arrow-down1external-linkTIL Nintendo coats all of their Switch cartridges with extremely bitter denatonium benzoate to deter children from putting them in their mouths and swallowing them.www.theguardian.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square82fedilink
minus-squaresubtext@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 months agoInterestingly, this coating can cause issues for some products like the Apple AirTags. I know this because I used one of these batteries with a bitterest in the AirTag on my keys and the AirTag didn’t work.
minus-squareStache_@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoAnd what’s funny is that the solution is to lick the coating off either sides of the battery to get them to work.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoI have to assume there’s a common non tongue applied solvent that works
minus-squareGreatAlbatross@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoPeople apparently rub them with IPA. I need to have a try of this, as I regularly burn through 2032s.
Interestingly, this coating can cause issues for some products like the Apple AirTags. I know this because I used one of these batteries with a bitterest in the AirTag on my keys and the AirTag didn’t work.
And what’s funny is that the solution is to lick the coating off either sides of the battery to get them to work.
I have to assume there’s a common non tongue applied solvent that works
People apparently rub them with IPA.
I need to have a try of this, as I regularly burn through 2032s.