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Martin Brown wrote:
I ran into an interesting one today. A failed microphone battery that at
first glance was obviously a leaking Duracell AAA cell.

But on closer inspection after getting it out of the unit was a clever
clone using exactly the same paint job copper top, black body and white
writing but instead of Duracell it said "Golston". The battery had
leaked quite badly and caustic had damaged the unit.

So a good copy of a Duracell? I've had lots of Duracells leak over the
ages. No better and maybe even worse than supermarket cheapies.

I've also been through a box of MN1604 - admittedly marked 2011 - where
they are all reading less than 6 volt no load. I'd expect a battery at the
end of its shelf life still to work ok for a couple of years in a low
drain environment.

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*Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool*

Dave Plowman London SW
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