On Fri, 14 May 2004 08:53:00 +0100,
(D.M. Procida) wrote:

I've got a bunch of alkaline cells here, and I'm wondering which of them
are going to be any good at all. What should I use as a cut-off voltage
when I'm deciding? I have a multimeter, which also has a battery tester
(I guess it just puts a bit of a load on them).

From one set I get around 1.4V with the battery tester, 1.45 with the
voltmeter. But while that sounds pretty good, I know that in practice
they were useless. How much do 'rested' alkaline cells recover after
use?

Thanks,

Daniele

Hi,

Half dead alkalines work quite well in clocks, remote controls and
other low drain uses.

cheers,
Pete.