On Thu, 20 Mar 2014, Mark Zacharias wrote:

"William Sommerwerck" wrote in message
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As much as I like keeping things original, I'm worried that
the battery is going to leak and rot the inside of the unit.

Only if you use a carbon-zinc cell. An alkaline cell should be fine.


Sadly, I see corrosion, often severe, with alkaline types as well.

Yes.

I put alkaline in a radio, and left them there, and they leaked too. I
was certainly surprised, since it was precisely the situation I was trying
to avoid.

Michael