I have had all three leading consumer brands of alkaline batteries leak, and
several of the industrial size we use at work. The enemies of all alkaline
cells are heat and moisture, and time.
A number of all types of alkaline cells have reversed polarity in a string
of series cells, usually of
> When a line first begins making processors, the % of processors that
> will pass all the highspeed tests low, while the % that will pass the
> lower speed tests is greater. So they are priced and spec'd so that
> the entire run is (hopefully) bought up. If they priced 'em all the
> same, there
In a message dated 7/2/06 7:46:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> all the CPUs came off the same Fab. They were tested and graded for
> performance. The better ones (fast) were sold at a premium. The poorer ones
> were the Celeron line of CPU.
>
That's been the way of it
It's Sunday, relax.
No one is grading this stuff..
p.
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Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Experience with off brand Lithium AAs?
Pete wrote:
I've been told that there are but 3 or 4 actual (major) manufactures of
consumer batteries in world and that Union Carbide is the only large one
here. All the "brandin
Okay - in the third para of my last message I *meant* automobile mfgr, not
tire mfgr. Egad!
Ron AC7AC
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Pete wrote:
I've been told that there are but 3 or 4 actual (major) manufactures of
consumer batteries in world and that Union Carbide is the only large one
here. All the "branding" is from the 3 or 4 makers. Do you have any idea if
this is true?
Some years ago I wrote a
lge before using them. I'll put the out of date Li in a
flashlight not a camera.
pete
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From: Vic K2VCO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 2:36 PM
To: peter gerba; Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Experience with off brand Lithium AAs?
pet
peter gerba wrote:
He
told me that over 90% of cameras submitted for repair, due to battery
damage, had the Cu top brand Alkaline in the camera. I don't know the sales
figures for this brand and haven't seen the "paid for" repair stats, but I
don't think they own the market. So, there might be so
I read Fred's piece on his travels and battery observations. I have a few to
add:
I earn my living with "photo stuff". The "stuff" consumes many AA batteries.
I buy batteries in great quantity. Lithium AA batteries are by far the best
for long-term camera use (not flash). I use Alkaline cells for
Fred wrote:
>K6DGW/MM was a bit underwhelming, regardless of batteries, story at
>
>www.foothill.net/~andreaj/Ham43.htm
Hi Fred,
Thanks for the very entertaining write-up at the URL you gave. I can't recall
the last time I read something as well-written on the web! I'm going to keep
an eye o
Steven M. Knapp wrote:
I've found a few "generic" brand Li AA's. I know the Energizer's are the
preferred battery for the KX1, but am curious if anyone has tried these
off-brands that seem to save a couple bucks?
Only one data point: For a trip thru the Canal a year ago, I wanted
something
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