V65MagnaFan wrote:
They were new batteries, in use no more than a couple of weeks. One
battery leaked--not the mineral stuff you would expect, but a caustic
brown liquid--caustic enough to remove the silver finish from the
battery compartment cover and the case in the vicinity.

I've never seen anything like it.

The RS salesman looked at the code on the battery carton and
acknowledged that the batteries were recently sold. And, they are
clearly marked Radio Shack batteries. And, the radio is new and clean.



The you have a great case!

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Brian Denley
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