On 03/20/2014 01:30 AM, William Sommerwerck wrote:
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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.

Unless it's a Duracell!

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=lm&q=leaky+duracell