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Old 7th Mar 2014, 3:19 pm   #4
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Default Re: The hidden danger of dead batteries...

Not just acid leakage...

I have worked on several Syncal-30P transceivers, and they contain a NiCd battery to power the RAM that remembers the channel data. They are also hermetically sealed. After decades I have found that corrosive vapours from these batteries damage pretty much everything inside the box!!
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