On Fri, 21 May 2004 03:07:32 GMT Gary Schafer
wrote:

Anybody ever see a D cell flashlight battery with a poor connection
inside?

I had one once which seemed to just have very high internal
resistance. It measured fine for voltage using a high impedance
voltmeter, but wouldn't get the bulb much above a dull glow. There was
no rattle to it, however, and I only solved the problem by throwing it
away.

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Jim Adney
Madison, WI 53711 USA
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Anybody ever see a D cell flashlight battery with a poor connection
inside?
I had a flashlight that was giving me fits. The light would always
fade out or quite at the most inopportune time. A shake or bang would
sometimes get it working again.
I cleaned battery connections and every other connection inside the
flashlight. No help.

Finally when I had the batteries out I happened to shake one and it
sounded like liquid inside. There was a rattle in it! It was a
duracell alkaline. The battery still had good voltage but an
intermittent connection inside.

New batteries solved the problem. Anyone else ever hear of a problem
like that with D cells?

73
Gary K4FMX

I have had a huge problem with alkalines stored in the refrigerator. They
work well after warming back up to room temp as would be expected. Then
about three days later they just open circuit!!! Have had this problem so
many times that I just buy smaller quantities of batteries now. Used to buy
them by the case, and keep refrigerated to increase shelf life.

In article ,
says...

Anybody ever see a D cell flashlight battery with a poor connection
inside?
I had a flashlight that was giving me fits. The light would always
fade out or quite at the most inopportune time. A shake or bang would
sometimes get it working again.
I cleaned battery connections and every other connection inside the
flashlight. No help.

Finally when I had the batteries out I happened to shake one and it
sounded like liquid inside. There was a rattle in it! It was a
duracell alkaline. The battery still had good voltage but an
intermittent connection inside.

New batteries solved the problem. Anyone else ever hear of a problem
like that with D cells?

73
Gary K4FMX

I have had a huge problem with alkalines stored in the refrigerator. They
work well after warming back up to room temp as would be expected. Then
about three days later they just open circuit!!! Have had this problem so
many times that I just buy smaller quantities of batteries now. Used to buy
them by the case, and keep refrigerated to increase shelf life.