Re: Leaking batteries. A reminder, a warning.
Ahhhhhh, caught out yet again with one of two Duracell AA's in an analogue multimeter having one end encrusted in a quite a large buildup of grey/white crud that contrary to what I'd expected actually brushed off quite easily and does not seem to have corroded the contacts
Yet this is my "go-to" meter that sits around the kitchen benches and is used regularly, at least weekly if not more........and am certain that it is only a matter of a few months since I checked these batteries and the 9V battery that sits beside them - and I know I was doing continuity tests only a week or two ago......My impression is that once these batteries "let go" and become leaky, that this is often a fairly quick process -- that they can appear quite ok one week, but that even only two or three weeks later they can be quite leaky. Wonder if others have any reflections on this process.
Bruce
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