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Old 29th Oct 2013, 7:11 pm   #5
Lloyd 1985
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Default Re: Remove those batteries when out of use!

The worst thing I've found is some batteries (Duracell's!) tend to carry on working as normal while leaking away...

I had this in a radio controlled digital wall clock, it was working fine, and then one day just stopped completely, no fading display as the batteries aged or anything, nice and clear one day, then dead the next.

What was even more surprising was when I disturbed the leaking batteries (which had made a hell of a mess) the clock came back on again! All 3 cells were checked with a multimeter, and all were reading above 1.5v.

I didn't know you could return them and get the cost of whatever they damaged back at the time, so just cleaned it all up and put new batteries in.

I could see this becoming a problem in my Megger, which uses 6 AA cells. I don't use it much, and recently stuck a new set of Halfords own brand cells in it. I might take them out and keep them in a bag separate from the meter.

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Lloyd.
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