"Cydrome Leader" wrote in message
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wrote: On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at
11:59:02 AM UTC-4, Cydrome Leader wrote: The last duracell battery
leakage claim I filed

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I now
also remove batteries from my "good" stuff if it is going down for more
than a week or so.




That's a good practice. They only leak when you don't expect it. Then
there are always the batteries that are good for a decade past the "good
until" date.

Couple years back I bought a Micronta 22-206 FET multimeter, virtually "new
old stock".

Well, not quite. While everything looked pristine - Radio Shack branded
batteries had been installed (1975 date code) and just left in there when
the thing was boxed back up.

The batteries, a C-cell and a 9 volt, were totally flat but had never
leaked. Not even a little.

Dodged a bullet on that one.

Mark Z.