[ARC5] [External Sender] Re: Battery Report

[Scott Robinson]

In the '50s, Ray-0-Vac had steel case flashlight batteries, claimed not 
to leak. Their guarantee said they would replace your damaged flashlight 
if their leaking batteries caused the problem.

I never saw such a guarantee for any other kind of equipment,

 From the same article that said the bias cells were 1 Volt, in the back 
pages they said some were 1.25 Volt. I seem to recall that the 
schematics I've seen said 1 Volt.

It also said "Today, Duracell is a division of The Gillette Company."

The radio I have experience with is a 1936 Philco model 604 5 tube 
transformer powered.

FWIW,

Scott Robinson

On 2/3/20 6:16 AM, Bill Henderson wrote:
> I recall decades ago that the Eveready batteries would state something 
> to the effect that they would pay for repairs if their batteries leaked 
> and damaged the item they were used in.
> 
> Wonder whatever happened to that?
> 
>   - Bill H. / va3hwa
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> On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 2:39 PM Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com 
> <mailto:1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>> wrote:
> 
>          I think these may still be the old type. I have some recently
>     bought AAA, AA, D cells with dates of 2027 and 2028 on them. the
>     older AA cells have two little dimples on the negative end, new
>     production does not. The leakers were AA and AAA cells, not D
>     size. I had leaking and corroded batteries in the box. I am sure
>     that Costco Kirkland batteries are custom branded Duracell. In
>     the past Duracell were the best but something happened and they
>     became unusable.
>           I have never seen a problem like this with any other brand.
>     I also have used Panasonic and Energizer cells with good results.
> 
>     On 2/2/2020 3:36 AM, Doran Platt wrote:
>      > Just replaced battery set from Costco dated 2025.  2 of 4 were
>      > leaking.  The only batts that have not leaked, so far, are the
>      > Panasonic Eneloop (sp) cells.
>      >
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>     -- 
>     Richard Knoppow
>     1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com <mailto:1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
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