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emeritus · 10th Jun 2016, 1:29 am

I note that a comment in the link given in post #42 by someone who was involved in the submarine project, mentions that they had had problems with "a certain popular make", but does not say which one.

We're careful about which batteries we buy
by jamesperrett / March 18, 2009 3:09 AM PDT
In reply to: And, when your flashlight doesn't light
I work on the Autosub project.

We make sure that we buy batteries that don't need to be whacked to make them work! We were actually bitten by this problem a few years ago and since then have steered well clear of a certain popular make of manganese alkaline cells.

We also have a novel packaging design for lithium polymer cells which we use in our deep diving Autosub6000 vehicle.

10th Jun 2016, 1:29 am	#53
emeritus Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK. Posts: 5,339	Re: Amazing D cell discovery! I note that a comment in the link given in post #42 by someone who was involved in the submarine project, mentions that they had had problems with "a certain popular make", but does not say which one. We're careful about which batteries we buy by jamesperrett / March 18, 2009 3:09 AM PDT In reply to: And, when your flashlight doesn't light I work on the Autosub project. We make sure that we buy batteries that don't need to be whacked to make them work! We were actually bitten by this problem a few years ago and since then have steered well clear of a certain popular make of manganese alkaline cells. We also have a novel packaging design for lithium polymer cells which we use in our deep diving Autosub6000 vehicle.