Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Care to share the brand name with us. I would like to avoid those, if possible. I assume they were from the same batch? I have been dealing with battery problems of a different sort. My old Volvo that sits outside in a carport failed to crank a couple of days ago. I removed the battery and charged it up and it seems ok. Then, one of the remote controls for the garage door opener quit working. Thinking it was a battery problem ( Lithium CR2032), I replaced it and it still would not work. The old battery and the new one test at full voltage. Got to assume a circuit failure. Could be that I have to retrain the opener to respond to the remote, since it was without power for a few minutes. Fortunately, the spare remote works. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> To: "LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 6:20 PM Subject: [Leica] Strange alkaline battery behaviour > It sounds like an urbam myth, and I probably wouldn't > have believed it if someone else had told me it happened. > > Last night there was a loud bang on my office desk and > an alkaline AA battery lying quietly all by itself > suddenly started leaking its innards - a smeary > brownish gunge - on my desk. > > I had tested the battery earlier in the day, and it was > ok (only recently purchased). > > Earlier today, the was a similar bang from the battery > compartment of the motor drive of my Leica SL2Mot - the > same had happened again with one of the cells. All the > other 9 batteries were ok, but this one had obviously > decided to commit suicide. > > Has anyone else had problems like this? > > None of the batteries were shorted and none of them > were under any kind of load at the time. > > Cheers > Douglas > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information