Harry;
9 cells is really an odd (no pun intended) number of cells. Are you sure
that all were from the same date code. For example an 8 pack is a common
purchase, so if you take 8 from one pack and the 9th from another, you
might have an older cell in the bunch. Secondly, I have seen several
products that mechanically chafe the battery wrapper. If this happens a
cell will short out and overheat.

My family and I were in NYC the week of the big blackout , we left just
before it happened!. As it happens. I bought some copper top batteries
from a street vendor 12 for a buck. I got to the hotel and my son
noticed they were chinese imitations called "powercells". They weighed
in at about a third of a duracell and lasted about 20%!! I bet there
were some unhappy campers in Manhattan when those batteries gave out!

Joe


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let me clarify what I mean by a bad experience. My hand-held Lorain
receiver uses (IIRC) 9 AA cells connected in series. Using Duracells,
I've twice had one of the 9 batteries prematurely fail, with the
remaining 8 only partially discharged. Consequently you replace all 9
cells.


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Harry C.




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