Gary Schafer wrote in message
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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

Yes... but I had the problem on one or two occasions with 9v
batteries---Wallgreen store brand. Considering the large number of
batteries I used the issue is a minor one in my instance. BTW, those
Wallgreen batteries are a good deal, especially when they are on sale.

RG