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FrankB · 31st Aug 2018, 10:41 pm

I found that white vinegar was great to remove the leaky "goo" with.

Decades ago I ran a stockroom for a State agency.
We were forced by Central Stores to buy Burgess batteries. "They have the battery contract". What a waste of tax monies.
Now the Safety Inspectors I took care of had their lives sometimes depend on the batteries.
The Burgess cells often (99.9% of the time) had a life of 20-120 seconds. Then they were dead. Repeated pleas to purchasing failed to work. The inspectors were forced to buy their own batteries, as to not be endangered.

31st Aug 2018, 10:41 pm	#30
FrankB Heptode Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Olympia, Washington, USA. Posts: 664	Re: Summer fades, leaking dry cells. I found that white vinegar was great to remove the leaky "goo" with. Decades ago I ran a stockroom for a State agency. We were forced by Central Stores to buy Burgess batteries. "They have the battery contract". What a waste of tax monies. Now the Safety Inspectors I took care of had their lives sometimes depend on the batteries. The Burgess cells often (99.9% of the time) had a life of 20-120 seconds. Then they were dead. Repeated pleas to purchasing failed to work. The inspectors were forced to buy their own batteries, as to not be endangered.