Never look a gift horse (or 2,500 of them) in the mouth

Never look a gift horse (or 2,500 of them) in the mouth/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/never-look-a-gift-horse-or-2-500-of-them-in-the-mouthIt lurked at the back of a railway yard somewhere in England's largest county, having been consigned for recycling (well scrap to us), but the deal with the buyer had fallen through and it just sat there. Came along the summer and someone asked if ween-USTelligent Community 12RE: Never look a gift horse (or 2,500 of them) in the mouthhttps://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/never-look-a-gift-horse-or-2-500-of-them-in-the-mouthFri, 04 Jun 2010 09:37:44 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:edf815e6-09b4-4ca1-a4b9-f59fbf49bb19e14 Contributor1<p>The Edison cell is supposed to be abuse-friendly; sitting at railway crossings for years. Not nearly as fussy as Li-ion, say. I've heard of reviving dried out cells just by reintroducing water.</p><p> </p><p>Does the railway trickle charge them from the communications/signalling lines?</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=11711&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">