Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >