Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks. My last purchase was branded as the CVS pharmacy brand, but were so simililarly packaged to Duracell that I picked them up by mistake. I will watch for surprises! Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 8:08 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Strange alkaline battery behaviour > Hi Jim, > > it's a local supermarket brand that came out top in an > independent consumer organisation test - from Lidl > supermarkets - the name on the cells is Aerocell. > Apparently the chain sold batteries of his brand to the > tune of over 10 million pounds in the UK last year, so > I reckon they must be from a prominent manufacturer, or > at least one with enormous production capacities. > > It doesn't say "Made in ...." anywhere on them. I've > been using the brand for years without any problems up > to now. > > Best from Hannover > Douglas > > On 10.12.2011 02:21, Jim Nichols wrote: >> 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for >> more information >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information