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Old 11th Mar 2014, 8:06 pm   #19
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Default Re: The hidden danger of dead batteries...

So long as they're not short circuited, it makes no difference whether or not they're touching in storage or not.

The culprits seem to leak after a year or so, usually when (partially) exhausted but not always. This usually happens in an appliance, but could conceivably happen in storage too.

I just store my unused cells/batteries in a little plastic box in a cool place, nothing special.

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