Ack..Duracell AAA leaked..on my desk...(not mounted in anything)

[GarageBoy]

So i go home, see a loose AAA cell and decide to pick it up. Well, it had leaked and oozed a stain into my nicely patina'd 60 yr old desk..::sigh
HOW would it leak not plugged into anything?

 

[carbine15]

I wonder if you sent the desk to duracell if they'd replace it.

 

[TorchBoy]

HOW would it leak not plugged into anything?

Maybe it was just old and incontinent?

 

[Illum]

I've had Duracell's leak like this before....unexplained events like this makes me wonder whether we can actually be careful of what we put into out lights.

the D cells I had on my workbench probably pissed themselves watching F cells being ripped out in front of them....I was trying to extract the carbon rods

 

[GarageBoy]

2011 Exp date

 

[zipplet]

Just my 2 cents: Use NiMH or Li batteries in all of your expensive lights that you care about, and keep a stock of fresh alkalines (I prefer energizer) for when those run dry in an emergency. This solves the problem.

 

[WildChild]

Just my 2 cents: Use NiMH or Li batteries in all of your expensive lights that you care about, and keep a stock of fresh alkalines (I prefer energizer) for when those run dry in an emergency. This solves the problem.

This is what I do! With only 2 lights with Alkaline. 2D Mag-LED and Arc AAA-P.

 

[GarageBoy]

That's what I did, that's why it was on my desk