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Telleadict · 11th Feb 2021, 5:47 pm

Hello

Many thanks for reviving this thread. It prompted me to take the back off a rarely used multimeter...... agghhhh green "fur" starting to grow around the end of a 7-years-past-use-by AA cell

I seem to have been lucky - the deposit was dry and the plating of the terminal looks OK so I've wiped on a little WD40 with a cotton bud and fitted a fresh cell, this time with a note in the case as a reminder to check.

BTW the old cell seemed to be still working in that the ohmes ranges zeroed OK.

Bye
Will

11th Feb 2021, 5:47 pm	#55
Telleadict Hexode Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Nr. York, North Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 348	Re: Leaking batteries. A reminder, a warning. Hello Many thanks for reviving this thread. It prompted me to take the back off a rarely used multimeter...... agghhhh green "fur" starting to grow around the end of a 7-years-past-use-by AA cell I seem to have been lucky - the deposit was dry and the plating of the terminal looks OK so I've wiped on a little WD40 with a cotton bud and fitted a fresh cell, this time with a note in the case as a reminder to check. BTW the old cell seemed to be still working in that the ohmes ranges zeroed OK. Bye Will