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Subject: [Leica] Strange alkaline battery behaviour
From: billcpearce at cox.net (Bill Pearce)
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:09:47 -0600
References: <4EE2A5EB.4060904@gmx.de><3DDD8DE13D7A4062897D917E0DAEC801@jimnichols><8181EFCD42544B3AAD96D692359F6050@billHP> <070F40A4-CD25-4ED5-B11C-5CA29E486A42@gmail.com>

This shouldn't surprise anyone. I once knew a man that owned a company that 
made sauces and dressings for others, major food chains, private label 
brands, etc. Was amazing. And paid well.

Bill Pearce

-----Original Message----- 
From: Philip Leeson
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 7:02 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Strange alkaline battery behaviour

I know a fellow who worked at a nearby Ray-O-Vac battery plant.
Most days, Ray-O-Vac's are what came down the line.
But not infrequently, Energizers or Duracells appeared.

Things aren't always what they seem?

Phil
On Dec 10, 2011, at 1:54 AM, Bill Pearce wrote:

> I've had bad experiences with energizers from Sam's Club. for what it's 
> worth.
>
> Bill Pearce
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Jim Nichols
> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 7:21 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Strange alkaline battery behaviour
>
> 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
>>
>
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In reply to: Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] Strange alkaline battery behaviour)
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Message from leesonpj at gmail.com (Philip Leeson) ([Leica] Strange alkaline battery behaviour)