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![]() "GO BEARCATS" wrote in message ... What's the groups take on this particular brand? I've never purchased them myself. I bought a pack of sixteen of them for $3.87 (including tax.) Ray-O-Vacs used to be my favorite brand. I could get a large pack at the home improvement store for a good price. They seemed to last about as long as Duracells. And they were made in Wisconsin. And they had a excellent guarantee. Now, I think they're making them in Asia. That's a disappointment. I still have some of my old Ray-O-Vac D cells. I don't know how good the newer ones are. I know this part has been mentioned before but if someone would be so kind, what's the best way to store batteries (alkaline) or is there? I know not to have them out in the extreme heat, but I've read some people put em' in the fridge. Is there any validity to this other than cold batteries? ;-) They self discharge more slowly in the refrigerator. They don't have full power until they warm up. Usually, it's not worth worrying about. Alkalines last a long time at room temperature. Frank Dresser |
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![]() Frank Dresser wrote: "GO BEARCATS" wrote in message ... What's the groups take on this particular brand? I've never purchased them myself. I bought a pack of sixteen of them for $3.87 (including tax.) Ray-O-Vacs used to be my favorite brand. I could get a large pack at the home improvement store for a good price. They seemed to last about as long as Duracells. And they were made in Wisconsin. And they had a excellent guarantee. Now, I think they're making them in Asia. That's a disappointment. I still have some of my old Ray-O-Vac D cells. I don't know how good the newer ones are. Consumer's Union tests alkaline batteries ever few years, and their most recent tests say "buy by price" - they found no meaningful differences in length of life from Duracell/Eveready all the way down through "Rite-Aid" brand and the like. They seem to have become a homogenized technology, like color TV - one is generally as good as another (it was NOT that way 15 years ago with batteries, though). I started taking a chance on "generics" again about 2 years ago, and have been pleased with the length of life vis-a-vis Duracell or Eveready. But the generics are probably made by one or the other of the "big boys", anyway. Tony |
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- they found no meaningful
differences in length of life from Duracell/Eveready all the way down through "Rite-Aid" brand and the like. They seem to have become a homogenized technology, like color TV - OK Tony, point taken. Thanks:-) ~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~ Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier Hammarlund HQ140X Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios) RCA Victor *Strato- World* RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain) 1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand DX100/394/*SUPER*398/399/402 OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451 Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+Howell ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft. 600ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated) 120ft. 12 AWG Sloper 2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas Radio Shack Amplified Antenna 30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap) * Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable* *21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop* |
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![]() "Tony Meloche" wrote in message ... Consumer's Union tests alkaline batteries ever few years, and their most recent tests say "buy by price" - they found no meaningful differences in length of life from Duracell/Eveready all the way down through "Rite-Aid" brand and the like. They seem to have become a homogenized technology, like color TV - one is generally as good as another (it was NOT that way 15 years ago with batteries, though). I started taking a chance on "generics" again about 2 years ago, and have been pleased with the length of life vis-a-vis Duracell or Eveready. But the generics are probably made by one or the other of the "big boys", anyway. Tony That makes sense. Alkaline batteries have been made for over 40 years, and all the real important patents have probably run out. My biggest concern with the bargain basement batteries is leakage. Some of them just don't seem as well constructed. Frank Dresser |
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Well I had a set of Ralphs (Grocery Store) D-cells in a
Flashlight/Siren/Radio unit in the trunk of the car for probably 2 years and thought better check them -- deader than a door nail but no leakage Your leakage may vary (:-) -- el lector se guarda Amateur Radio is the best back-up communications system in the world, and that's the way it is. Walter Cronkite "Frank Dresser" wrote in message ... "Tony Meloche" wrote in message ... Consumer's Union tests alkaline batteries ever few years, and their most recent tests say "buy by price" - they found no meaningful differences in length of life from Duracell/Eveready all the way down through "Rite-Aid" brand and the like. They seem to have become a homogenized technology, like color TV - one is generally as good as another (it was NOT that way 15 years ago with batteries, though). I started taking a chance on "generics" again about 2 years ago, and have been pleased with the length of life vis-a-vis Duracell or Eveready. But the generics are probably made by one or the other of the "big boys", anyway. Tony That makes sense. Alkaline batteries have been made for over 40 years, and all the real important patents have probably run out. My biggest concern with the bargain basement batteries is leakage. Some of them just don't seem as well constructed. Frank Dresser |
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