[ARC5] Batteries That Do Not Corrode?

[Brooke Clarke]

Hi Robert:

The Energizer 529 contains 4 each "F" cells.
http://prc68.com/I/No6.shtml#F

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Have Fun,

Brooke Clarke
http://www.PRC68.com
http://www.end2partygovernment.com/2012Issues.html

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>
> I learned the hard way not to trust Duracell’s advertising and published specs.  I ran the Engineering department for 
> a pipeline inspection company (instrumented pigs).  Around 1985 or maybe a little later, we had decided to switch our 
> battery packs for 20” and larger tools from Silver-Zinc secondary to Alkaline primary cells, specifically using 
> multiple 6 volt Duracell Lantern Batteries.  All went well until one day our Calgary office reported a run failure 
> apparently due to the battery pack not lasting as long as it should.  The Lantern Battery has always been supposed to 
> be made from four D-cells in series.  Investigation soon revealed that without warning anyone, the batteries being 
> bought in Canada contained four C-cells and a cardboard spacer.  It was apparently done in order to be able to claim 
> that the Duracell Lantern Batteries contained less mercury than the competition.  The new batteries were easily 
> identified by weight.  Our entire stockpile of Lantern Batteries in Calgary and part of our stockpile in Houston 
> proved to be these bogus batteries.  And we had paid the same price we had been paying for the D-cell version.  That 
> fiasco took quite a while to sort out.
>
> Robert Downs
>
>

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