I did find a few with Duracells where leakage hadn't started (in a couple of cases I did notice a slight bulging at the bottom end). I had a medley of remotes for a variety of stereo equipment where I'd forgotten there were batteries inside. I must add that not all Duracell batteries I've had leaked before running out. A battery cell in a remote control shouldn't leak. It's not advisable to use them in flashlights that will be potentially exposed to great heat, like ones you tuck away in the trunk of your car.Ĭlick to expand.Exactly. Note that I also use NiMH, Lithium Ion and LiPo batteries in most of my flashlights, at least the ones that support them. it was a certain brand exhibiting it far more often than a competitor brand. So, it wasn't just a blanket claim of "all alkaline cells will leak". I only had ONE Energizer have a problem where I saw a bulge indicative of an impending leak. They ought to rename themselves LEAKACELL.įOOTNOTE: While encountering this rash of DURACELL battery leakages, I was also employing Energizer batteries in various devices as well, sometimes intermixed with a DURACELL battery. Do not torture your flashlights with the risk of death by battery leakage.
And I strongly recommend everyone here do the same. Screw Duracell and their substandard batteries. Sure enough, I didn't realize I'd used a DURACELL battery in a small electronic prop for Halloween the year before last. Well, I thought maybe DURACELL might have just had a bad decade, but I'd thought that I'd make the effort to remove all of their batteries from my devices and swore never to buy the brand again. Guess what? LEAKAGE REPORTS! Plenty of other people complaining about the same problem. We'll mail you a few coupons for your trouble." No complaints? That prompted me to search the Internet. We've never ever had a complaint like this. After a week or so, I finally got a response. Just a couple of years ago, after having a rash of battery leaks in a couple of devices at once, I decided to take photos and contact Duracell about this problem. Time after time it was one brand guilty of the crime: DURACELL. In the years to follow, I'd find a remote control here, a radio there, and a few other flashlights that would suffer some damage from battery leakage.
And when I looked at the debris, I saw "DURACELL". In my frustration, I used a sledge hammer to crush the damned thing. I tried all kinds of techniques to coax the old cells out, but they wouldn't budge. they'd leaked and corroded the inner wall of the flashlight. When I went to open it, the batteries wouldn't come out. So back about 10 years ago, I'd run into a problem with a flashlight that stopped working, an AA sized Maglite. I'm writing this to convey my dreadful experience with Duracell batteries over the last 10 years. I may get some flack from Duracell fan boys, but frankly I can't understand why they'd be in the first place.
0 kommentar(er)
