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Old 29th Oct 2013, 4:40 pm   #1
Nickthedentist
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Default Remove those batteries when out of use!

Hi everyone,

A bit of a silly one, but I've been caught out twice recently by batteries that have leaked, damaging equipment.

This used to be commonplace of course, but was virtually eliminated by the introduction of good quality, "leakproof" batteries, which would generally behave themselves for many years after the use-by date.

However, the current crop of own-brand Chinese(?) imports seem to be more unpredictable, even the better alkaline ones. Unusually, I've found that most of the cells have been fine, with just a single one letting the side down.

My old Nikon Coolpix 2100 camera is a complete write-off with 1 year-old batteries causing whole chunks of print to disappear and all the chromed parts of the case to peel off. And a home-made amplified speaker with 2 year-old batteries will need the battery holder replaced and the oak case thoroughly cleaned.

The cells in question were from Halfords and Robert Dyas, though a recent post highlighted Sainsbury's ones as a problem too.

You've been warned

Nick.
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