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Old 2nd Sep 2019, 4:21 pm   #200
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Default Re: Old torches - anyone here collect them?

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Originally Posted by Phil G4SPZ View Post
If the cells are discharged . . . it simply doesn’t work no matter how much you shake the generator.
Odd thing, you get the worst of two worlds, you need both batteries and manual labour

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Here’s another old-ish torch that I bought my wife in around 1980. It’s a Duracell ‘Durabeam’ which works pretty well, once I cleared away the corrosion left by the original Duracell batteries...

Phil
Even Duracells own torches can't stand Duracells
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