[Milsurplus] Batteries....

[Glenn Little WB4UIV]

The leakage may migrate along the wire under the insulation.
I have a high end receiver that was in storage for a long time with the 
backup battery installed.
The battery leaked destroying the surrounding circuit board, migrated 
under the wire insulation, through a glass feedthrough, under the wire 
insulation through a card edge connector damaging the plugged in board.

Glenn

On 2/27/2023 2:51 PM, Steve WD8DAS via Milsurplus wrote:
>
>
> The external mounting of batteries for bench devices is a good idea, Hue.
>
> I've taken to putting a small ziplock bag around the 9v battery in 
> multimeters, etc.  The wires come out through a small opening in the 
> zip end, but otherwise the battery is sealed and wrapped in plastic.  
> I'm hopeful it will contain the leakage and reduce the damage, 
> including the corrosive vapors from the batteries I've seen damage 
> whole areas of pc boards and components.
>
>
> Steve WD8DAS
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