Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Could call my sister and brother in law in Thailand - their family name is Scully:-) Cheers Douglas On 10.12.2011 01:25, Phil Forrest wrote: > Cue the "X Files" theme... > > Phil Forrest > > > > On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:20:59 +0100 > Douglas Sharp<douglas.sharp at gmx.de> wrote: > >> 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 >