I know several techs around here in central Virginia who simply remove the batteries from their test gear every evening after work. Seemed extreme to me for a while, but some of my test equipment is fairly expensive so I've been copying their approach on a weekly basis - or use the lithium replacements. It does get easier with repetition.

- Mike KC4TOS

On 1/9/2023 7:11 AM, David Stinson wrote:

I put Duracells in my buried-cable tracer
at work a few months ago. This tread reminded
me to check them. Sure enough, one had
just begun leaking.
Thanks, fellas.
Dave S.