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    Quote Originally Posted by mike48 View Post
    I too use Varta alkaline; these cells are (mostly) made in Germany.
    They celldom leak, and are a good compromise of all factors.
    Varta Batteries have been owned by US based Spectrum Based Holdings since 2002.
    A quick survey of the Vartas in my shed shows the AA and AAA and D batteries made in Germany, rhe Varta 9V batteries are made in Malaysia and the 6V lantern batteries are made in China.

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    I was just looking at the Varta Ni-MH cells and the AA and AA capacities are fine but the C and D cells are really poor, the D must just be a C Cell in a bigger case as they have the same capacity, a good D cell is up to triple that capacity.
    I was always given loads of Yuasa batteries that were deemed not good enough to be on a mine site, most worked fine and I had a stockpile of orange AA batteries for years but I don't think I have seen anything but Yuasa car batteries since then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lappa View Post
    I had a Nicad rechargeable pack leak in my plane radio control transmitter. Ate the terminals. Nasty green mess.
    It was the original pack that came with the transmitter which sat for 3 months unused and unfortunately I didn't remove the battery lack.
    Yes even dry cells leak on rare occasions when their seals have broken and they are "over-discharged" causing hydrogen gas which ruptures the seal. Normal batteries discharges quickly, alkaline a bit slower. NiCad discharges as well, but usually stops at about 1.1V, but they do go down much further when they're old or cooked which results in leaking, if they were quite badly made. The LSD (low self discharge) batteries should be good for a very long time. I have not had a LSD leaking yet.

    When you're using rechargeables, don't use AC, you don't need it. If you have 2 sets of batteries, when one set is flat, put in another set. I have a tradesman digital radio that I use in the shed. I only use an AC adapter. I don't switch off at the wall, only at the radio and I keep all my stations.

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