[Milsurplus] Duracell Coppertop batteries

[Daniel Jones]

I find that the batteries that are carbon/zinc instead of Alkaline will not leak.  Only issue is they don’t last nearly as long but are pretty cheap. 

Daniel

www.K6YIC.com
DJones at K6YIC.com
HH#11973

> On Jan 7, 2023, at 11:45, mstangelo at comcast.net wrote:
> 
> I switched from Duracell to Ray-O-Vac and they eventually started to leak. I believe the problem is in the formulation of alkaline batteries.
> 
> Mike N2MS
> 
>> On 01/07/2023 1:28 PM DaveJ <cjack93907 at charter.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> John:
>> 
>> Had the same problem and switched to Eveready or Ray-O-Vac with no leaks so far. I’ve had I don’t know how many devices damaged by Duracell batteries. I now take the batteries out when something isn’t going to be used on a daily basis.
>> 
>> As far as the Eveready Lithium batteries, I’ve had some for over 6 years and no leaks and are holding their charge quite well.
>> 
>> sincerely,
>>> 
>> Dave WA4OBJ
>> 
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