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. Robert Dave K. wrote: >Same as you -- put 'em in noncritical devices. For me, that's usually some >flashlight. Seems like we use those up pretty fast. I also buy the >alkalines with the little strip on the side which allows you to check their >capacity (Duracell "PowerCheck" is one type) before each trip. With the >PowerCheck, seems like there is plenty of capacity (for at least 1/2 hour >of transmitting on my VHF) until the strip moves off the middle of the >green range. >> *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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