Last year (2004) I had bought some Turbo Flares out at Sams Club on clearance due to this tread. I had put Energizer Lithiums in it as I was hoping they would withstand the heat and cold better than alkalines. Last night when I finished jumping someones car I saw the turbo flares in my trunk kit and decided to try them. They didn't work sadly.
So this morning after I woke up I took the batteries out and measured them on my multimeter. A few measured a measly .43 volts, two measured 1.25 and 1.14, while two batteries measured -.73v and -.05v.
What causes batteries to reverse polarity like that? I'm pretty certain that the button didn't get pushed on them while in my trunk kit. Not much room for them to move at all, and they would have to hit the corner of something to even get the button pushed as it resides between the feet of the unit.
So this morning after I woke up I took the batteries out and measured them on my multimeter. A few measured a measly .43 volts, two measured 1.25 and 1.14, while two batteries measured -.73v and -.05v.
What causes batteries to reverse polarity like that? I'm pretty certain that the button didn't get pushed on them while in my trunk kit. Not much room for them to move at all, and they would have to hit the corner of something to even get the button pushed as it resides between the feet of the unit.