Re: [Paddlewise] Battery Questions

From: Dave Kruger <dkruger_at_pacifier.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 01:43:59 -0800
Robert C. Cline wrote:
> 
> You need to be careful how you store the batteries with the powerstrip.
> Improperly stored, you may find they discharge themselves.  I've tried to
> find the Duracells without the strip, seems they don't make them any more.
> Too bad.

Good point.  In fact, I *have* had batteries do exactly that, when I packed
them tightly in a cylindrical container so that they were pressed
together.  In the radio case, there is sufficient gap between cells that
they do not self-discharge through the PowerCheck strip.

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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