For me it was always costco duracell. Last year and this time. Different
packs though.
I ordered a set of radio shack batteries so they're on-hand now. I
returned my other duracell pack. I am thinking that duracell is
packaging factory seconds for costco distribution.
On 4/28/20 12:41 PM, Kevin Becker wrote:
That’s interesting. I had a bad battery leakage issue recently. It
was in an Apple Magic Trackpad and was so bad I could not get the
battery cover unscrewed at all. I broke the glass trying and so I
just threw the whole thing out. I don’t know for sure if it was
Costco Duracells but we often buy those so most likely it was.
On Apr 28, 2020, at 3:36 PM, Jim Anderson <jim.ander...@kpu.ca> wrote:
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multimeter and all but a few of them were near dead. After returning
them to Costco, I obtained a fresh pack of AA duracell's and tested
them
before putting them into the machine.
[...]
As a 46 year old, this is the first time I've ever bought batteries
from
such a major manufacturer of batteries that were already dead. So
bazaar, but now I know to test them. Sheesh.
Just a remark about batteries (catching up on list messages that are
kind of old, as I've been kind of burned out working on my computer
from home all day):
I've had really poor results with leakage from the big Duracell
packs from Costco, particularly the AA cells, over a span of many
years. I never used to have big problems with batteries leaking but
I can't even tell you how many things I've found with substantial
leakage and corrosion from these cells, even when they have not
reached their 'use before' date.
I don't have conclusive evidence of this, but it seems to me that
the devices most prone to experiencing leaking batteries were those
with strong spring tension - I have an analog wall clock which takes
a single AA cell and keeps a vice-like grip on the battery, and it
used to be leaking every year even though the battery was still
working fine. The gaskets just don't seem to be able to take the
pressure. Having said that, I have had other devices with weaker
battery compartment springs experience leakage too, it just feels
like it happens more frequently in things with strong springs.
I'm not sure if the problem is with all modern Duracell AA cells in
general, or just the ones Costco sells, but I've since given up and
switched to Energizer which I try to buy in 20-packs at my local
drugstore whenever I spot them on sale. Not quite as good a price
per cell as the Costco packs but Energizer does at least have an
explicit warranty against damage caused by leakage, and I've had
good success with them thusfar.
jim
