On Jun 6, 8:43*am, Dottie wrote:
I live in Florida and have accumulated a large collection of batteries
for use in case of power outages. *The expiration date on most of them
say 2012 to 2013. *Is there a device I can get to test these - without
having to take them all out of the package and put them in a flash
light or something . * I need to feel safe and sure that they are in
good working order and would feel a lot better if I could test them.
Asked in the hardware and auto section of Walmart and they didn't
carry them ... hadn't seen them.... I just assumed there was such a
thing. *I know there used to be. *Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I think your desired spec of "not needing to remove it from the
pacakge" is going to make finding one a lot more difficult.

I have one that I "inherited" from my wife's aunt.....it loads the
battery so you really know if the battery has any real energy left.

google

AA battery tester

and checkout the results....the one at amazon "might" be able to work
on batteries still in the package


cheers
Bob