[Milsurplus] Copper Top Battries

[Peter Gottlieb]

Years ago, when Duracell was a trademark for a line of alkaline cells and not an 
entire company, I worked at Mallory in Tarrytown NY.  The alkaline cells were 
made in North Carolina and the company prided itself on both quality and quality 
control.  It was a good place.

Now, alkaline cells are a commodity and companies like Duracell are riding on 
past reputation and advertising to carve out their share of the market.  Every 
hundredth of a cent per cell is important to the bottom line, and the entire 
purpose of the company now is the bottom line.

Peter


On 6/12/2015 11:06 AM, John Watkins via Milsurplus wrote:
> Just wondering if anyone else is having a problem with these batteries?  I put new ones in my battery pack for the PRC-127 in Feb, and now have a mess in the battery holder.  They leaked and even ate some of the plastic case.  Also ate the contacts, so have to figure a repair for those.  Date on the package says best before 2023, so they are new.
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> John WD5ENU
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