Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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