[Boatanchors] Boatanchors Digest, Vol 114, Issue 39

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I have no recommendations for the best battery, but the thread reminded me of a couple of things.
- there are Chinese companies selling "Fruke" or other misspelled Fluke look-alike meters. Cracked me up!
- I bought some AA batteries at the local flea market a while back. They were Duracell look-alike that fooled me.
I brought the batteries home, put them in a small portable radio and they lasted about 3 minutes. I should have known, since they were so light, they almost floated away!!!

ron

 

 

 

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   1. Re: VOM Batteries that don't leak? (DC)


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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 08:00:03 -0700
From: DC <tbird at directcon.net>
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Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] VOM Batteries that don't leak?
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I have put eneloops in everything and never had a leakage problem since 
making the conversion to rechargeable 3 years ago.  Also, I think that 
if they ever did leak the substance is not corrosive.

They are in everything from a KX3 to outdoor sprinkler timers and have 
about 30 in service at any given time if you include emergency 
flashlights, ham gear, AM/FM radios and other stuff.

Amazon and Costco seem to have the best prices on them.

Richard
W6DDC


On 7/19/2013 2:37 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
> Pull all the batteries and don't use the analog meters for resistance.
>   Have one modern DMM (you can get new Flukes on eBay) you always use
> for resistance.
> I have an old el-cheapo analog VOM I use with the battery in it (one
> of the old 5 buck shirt pocket meters) but the Ohm meter function I
> only use for continuity checks.  The DMM is for measurement.
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
>
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 3:16 AM, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <hwhall at compuserve.com>
>>
>>
>>> So my question is whether any of you have recommendations for A, C and
>>> 9-volt batteries that have a good reputation
>>> of not making a big mess when they have been left in place past the
>>> expiration date?
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