[Milsurplus] Duracell Coppertop battries

[jeff messier]

I also have lost devices that had Duracell batteries installed No more I
won't allow them in the house r my workshop they are crap!
Jeff W1AEA

On Sat, Jan 7, 2023, 1:49 PM KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk at earthlink.net> wrote:

> On 1/7/2023 10:05, Al Klase wrote:
> > In recent years, I've encountered too many leaking Duracells.
> > *I will never buy another Duracell product!*
>
> In '95, I stopped in Beatty, Nevada one night, and turned on the
> scanner.  I heard an ELT in 121.5 MHz!
>
> I quickly called Nellis to inform them.
>
> The ELT was found, in storage, with ruptured size D Duracells, which
> activated it, while slowly eating it from the inside.
>
> There was no really safe way to get it apart, and the batteries out, so
> it was pulverized on the spot.
>
> Can you imagine Nellis, Sandia, TTR, Area 51, losing their shit over an
> ELT in their region due to a POS battery?
>
> Kurt
>
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