"The Legend" trabant owners club@Nicks place.comco wrote in message
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"Dave Fawthrop" wrote in message
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Alkaline batteries have many years shelf life, so even if outdated I
would
expect them to work fine.

Indeed, I bought some Panasonic Extreme AA last year (much better than
Duracell IMHO,) and they were dated 2013...

Yes, I had some in the cupboard with a long date (I can't
remember the brand, but it was a 'brand'). By the time that
I got to use them they were still well in date .... and dead.

IME the long life date is a fiction.

tim