Re: [IRCA] Batteries in my Supper Radio II OT

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'd not be overconfident that you have good Duracells. Over the past 2
years I've had more Duracell AA and AAA cells leak fairly early in their
useful lives. I've been checking my radios more frequently and removing the
cells entirely for those not planned to be in use for anything longer than
a few weeks. I've also started checking out some other brands.

Russ Edmunds
15 mi NW Phila
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AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (4) barefoot w/whip
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Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 4);
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On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 6:56 AM, Hawkins <ng0g@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Patrick,
>
> The only time I have ever seen anything like that was in Kenwood
> rechargeable handie talkie batteries from the late 70's / early 80's. Never
> with a non rechargeable battery.
>
> Steve
>
> On 1/14/17 5:50 AM, Patrick Martin wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>>
>> Something odd happened tonight. I found my Super Radio II dead. So I
>> figured the batteries were dead. I went to check them and found something
>> odd. Two of the six batteries had reversed polarity! In my over 50 years in
>> electronics I have never found that. The batteries are good Duracell. Has
>> this happened to anyone else? With electronics I guess anything is
>> possible. Two batteries were at about 1V, two were nearly dead and the two
>> that reversed polarity were at about 1/2V. Fortunately the radio is fine. I
>> replaced the batteries. This may be more common, but I have never seen it.
>>
>>
>> Patrick
>>
>
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