Mark wrote:
You might want to try some lithium AA cells. They start out around 1.65V. They are MUCH less prone to leakage than any "alkaleak" battery and have a very long shelf-life (i.e. good for low drain memory backups).
Not only that, they have considerably greater energy density and a much flatter discharge curve than alkalines, and are better at high discharge rates as well. I haven't used alkaline AA, AAA, or 9-volt batteries for more than 10 years now. One of the major mfrs at one time made lithium "C" cells. I still have a stash of them in cold storage, but I haven't seen them for sale for some time. I looked for lithium "D" cells, but never found any.
NB: We're (at least, I'm) talking about lithium *primary* batteries, not rechargeable lithium batteries. The usual chemistry is LiFeS2. For data, see:
<http://data.energizer.com/PDFs/lithiuml91l92_appman.pdf> Best regards, Charles _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
