So, then, the battery acid (that leaks out of alkaline
cells) neutralizes the vinegar?

That's the other way around from vinegar neutralizing
battery acid?

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"willshak" wrote in message
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Now ask yourself, does "vinegar neutralizes the acid" make
any sense with
alkaline batteries? If you still don't see the silliness
here, does vinegar
really neutralize itself? Come on!



Yes, I made a mistake in saying vinegar neutralized the
acid. I meant
the other way around.


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"Smitty Two" wrote in message
news In article ,
willshak wrote:

Yes, I made a mistake in saying vinegar neutralized the
acid. I meant
the other way around.

No sweat. We knew you meant that the acid would neutralize
the vinegar.

" wrote in
:

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:09:25 -0500, Nate Nagel
wrote:

On 02/12/2011 11:26 AM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 09:19:08 -0500,
wrote:

wrote the following:
On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:51:43 -0500,
wrote:


On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:59:16 -0500, wrote:


I have a flashlight that leaked battery acid. Is there any way
to dissolve this acid or just scrape it off as best I can.

mild solution of baking soda will dissolve it. you can also use
ammonia



My description was wrong the flashlight is a Maglite LED three
cell with Duracell alkaline batteries. Thanks for all who replied
for your help.


I had the same problem with a 3 D cell capacity Maglight. I filled
it with white vinegar. You can see the bubbling as the vinegar
neutralizes the acid.

With alkaline batteries?

well, yes, because vinegar is an acid.

Now ask yourself, does "vinegar neutralizes the acid" make any sense
with alkaline batteries? If you still don't see the silliness here,
does vinegar really neutralize itself? Come on!

Only the human race attempts that.

willshak wrote in
m:

zzzzzzzzzz wrote the following:
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:09:25 -0500, Nate Nagel
wrote:


On 02/12/2011 11:26 AM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote:

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 09:19:08 -0500,
wrote:


wrote the following:

On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:51:43 -0500,
wrote:



On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:59:16 -0500,
wrote:



I have a flashlight that leaked battery acid. Is there any way
to dissolve this acid or just scrape it off as best I can.


mild solution of baking soda will dissolve it. you can also use
ammonia


My description was wrong the flashlight is a Maglite LED three
cell with Duracell alkaline batteries. Thanks for all who replied
for your help.


I had the same problem with a 3 D cell capacity Maglight. I filled
it with white vinegar. You can see the bubbling as the vinegar
neutralizes the acid.

With alkaline batteries?

well, yes, because vinegar is an acid.


Now ask yourself, does "vinegar neutralizes the acid" make any sense
with alkaline batteries? If you still don't see the silliness here,
does vinegar really neutralize itself? Come on!



Yes, I made a mistake in saying vinegar neutralized the acid. I meant
the other way around.



how can one acid -neutralize- another ACID?
It can't.

Alkaline cells don't use ACID,they use an -alkaline- electrolyte.(a BASE)
that is why acids like vinegar neutralize the electrolyte.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
localnet
dot com

On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:59:16 -0500, wrote:

I have a flashlight that leaked battery acid. Is there any way to
dissolve this acid or just scrape it off as best I can.

Many battery companies guarantee their batteries won't leak and will
pay to replace a flashlight. At least I think they still do that.

With alkaline batteries they will pay even more to replace some
fancier things. Like maybe maglites.

I rarely see an alkaline battery leak, but I'm sure they do.
Carbon-zinc (flashlight) batteries leak often, and the cheapest ones
more often. They were selling 30 AA flashlight batteries for a very
low price at a hamfest, but they only lasted a couple weeks and then
they leaked! I got them out before htey damaged anything.