dennis@home wrote:
"DerbyBorn" wrote in message
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A neighbour called me to tell me she had put new batteries in her
CO2 / smoke alarm and they were getting hot!
I went to look and as you can guess they had been fitted wrong -
but I was really surprised by the amount of heat they generated. (3
xAA)

I wouldn't be surprised, not after putting the two AA batteries into
a Lidl torch and finding it didn't work.
By the time I got back to the shop (about 5 minutes) it was melting
the plastic bits.
Next time I will remember to take the batteries out.

Makes note - dennis is unable to correctly fit a pair of AA batteries into a
torch.

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Adam