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Duracell dumbness
Mallory * has been running a Duracell commercial showing technicians working
in wind towers. They're using what are said to be "high-voltage" meters, but which appear to be clamp-on ammeters. We're told these meters "keep them safe", and they therefore rely on Duracell /rechargeable/ batteries. Hello? If I need an electronic device to keep me safe, the /last/ thing I want powering it is rechargeable batteries. Rechargeables can poop out when you most need them. Alkaline primaries decline slowly, so I can easily see when they're near the end, and replace them in good time. * The company long ago changed its name to Duracell, but it will always be Mallory to me, just as their competitor will always be Eveready. (Or Union Carbide, for that matter.) |
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Duracell dumbness
William Sommerwerck wrote:
Mallory * has been running a Duracell commercial showing technicians working in wind towers. They're using what are said to be "high-voltage" meters, but which appear to be clamp-on ammeters. We're told these meters "keep them safe", and they therefore rely on Duracell /rechargeable/ batteries. ha, do you like the klaxon noise and danger graphics they add to the meters in the commercial too? |
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Duracell dumbness
Mallory * has been running a Duracell commercial showing
technicians working in wind towers. They're using what are said to be "high-voltage" meters, but which appear to be clamp-on ammeters. We're told these meters "keep them safe", and they therefore rely on Duracell /rechargeable/ batteries. Ha, do you like the klaxon noise and danger graphics they add to the meters in the commercial, too? Anything to hype the product, right? |
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Duracell dumbness
"William Sommerwerck" wrote in
: Mallory * has been running a Duracell commercial showing technicians working in wind towers. They're using what are said to be "high-voltage" meters, but which appear to be clamp-on ammeters. We're told these meters "keep them safe", and they therefore rely on Duracell /rechargeable/ batteries. Ha, do you like the klaxon noise and danger graphics they add to the meters in the commercial, too? Anything to hype the product, right? it still will not get me to buy those leaky Duracells. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at localnet dot com |
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Duracell dumbness
Mallory * has been running a Duracell commercial showing
technicians working in wind towers. They're using what are said to be "high-voltage" meters, but which appear to be clamp-on ammeters. We're told these meters "keep them safe", and they therefore rely on Duracell /rechargeable/ batteries. Ha, do you like the klaxon noise and danger graphics they add to the meters in the commercial, too? Anything to hype the product, right? It still will not get me to buy those leaky Duracells. Duracells are the only alkalines I've ever had leak. Eveready and Toshiba never have. |
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Duracell dumbness
"William Sommerwerck" wrote in
: Mallory * has been running a Duracell commercial showing technicians working in wind towers. They're using what are said to be "high-voltage" meters, but which appear to be clamp-on ammeters. We're told these meters "keep them safe", and they therefore rely on Duracell /rechargeable/ batteries. Ha, do you like the klaxon noise and danger graphics they add to the meters in the commercial, too? Anything to hype the product, right? It still will not get me to buy those leaky Duracells. Duracells are the only alkalines I've ever had leak. Eveready and Toshiba never have. don't buy those Harbor Freight "Thunderbolt" alkalines; they are the WORST leakers I've ever seen. Half the box leaked -in the box- before I ever got to use them. Within months of purchase. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at localnet dot com |
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