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| Thread ID: 141412 | 2015-12-14 04:01:00 | About new Dick Smith AA batteries leaking.................... | Billy T (70) | PC World Chat |
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| 1412814 | 2015-12-14 04:01:00 | Has anybody else had problems with 'fresh off the shelf' DSE AA 'Exxtra Plus' batteries leaking before you even start to use them, or not long after installation? I use a lot of AA batteries in my work, so I buy them in bulk, and for many years DSE were top performers for me. In later years, and for bulk-buy pricing reasons, I switched to JAYCAR's Eclipse AA's for a few years, but gave them away when their Eclipse 522 mini 9 volt batteries started leaking and corroding out their connectors before the battery was even put in service! I figured that their AA's would probably be not far behind! I went back to buying DSE, but now their batteries are leaking even before going into service. At present I have three unused 'old stock' DSE 'Blue Ring' Exxtra AA LR6's on my bench with a use-by date of 01-2012 and they are as new, and one 'Black Ring' DSE with an expiry date of 01-2015. Next to them I have three unused DSE 'Black Ring' AA's LR6's with a use-by date of 07-2016, wrapped in gladwrap to contain their evil oozings. I have now switched to VARTA AA's (and AAA's) from Bunnings, both for pricing and reliability, but I'm right P'd off with DSE and JayCar, both for their crap batteries, and the time and effort I've had to expend to remove all of them from my systems and clean any contacts that had been dribbled on. The 9 volts were particularly nasty because they were in compact locations in professional instruments and it was very difficult to clean up the mess. I'd be interested to know if anybody else has had a similar experience with DSE Exxtra or JAYCAR Eclipse alkalines of any size or voltage. Cheers Billy 8-{) :annoyed: |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1412815 | 2015-12-14 04:28:00 | Haven't even visited DSE this year that I recall, used to be a favourite shop of mine. My how times change. I buy the 24 packs of Endeavour alkaline AA & AAA from Bunnings from time to time, never had a single one leak on me. Mainly used in clocks, remotes, torches & bike lights. Before that I was buying a different brand I forget the name of that was black & yellow and they were good too. I settled on generic brands after reading several online tests showing that name brands seldom perform any better. For high drain devices I stick with NiMH rechargeables, they are much cheaper than they used to be and you only need to get a few cycles out of them to make them work out cheaper. I prefer sanyo eneloop or the Jaycar Enerkeep batteries and have had good results from both, if you do go that way get a decent charger as well not one of those slow charge timer based things. The low self discharge batteries are hugely better than standard NiMH ones if they sit for any length of time without being used. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1412816 | 2015-12-14 04:48:00 | Every thing I have that requires Batteries are rechargeable,cheap one time use are cheap for a reason | Lawrence (2987) | ||
| 1412817 | 2015-12-14 05:23:00 | Same here with DS, gone right off them, yet to find a decent assistant of late, so off to anywhere but there. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 1412818 | 2015-12-14 08:17:00 | Same here with DS, gone right off them, yet to find a decent assistant of late, so off to anywhere but there. Dunno about that, I was talking to a young chap there last week. His knowledge of toasters was fantastic!! Ken :banana |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1412819 | 2015-12-14 09:10:00 | I buy the 24 packs of Endeavour alkaline AA & AAA from Bunnings from time to time, never had a single one leak on me . cheaper . Leaking from alkalines is actually very rare indeed, which is why I am so surprised that both DSE and JAYCAR sourced AA's (from China) have had leak problems . I put the blame on the 'lowest bid' mentality in both those organisations, but they are blind to the harm it does to their reputation, especially if leaking batteries damage a customer's equipment . I've tried the Endeavours (also China), but found that they have a relatively short life . Varta from Bunnings are made in Germany and are both good value and very long life . Billy Jnr has been working as an entertainer on high-class cruise ships and he was going through AAA batteries for his shaver like nobody's business . I bought him a 24-pack of Varta alkalines and after 6 months away he was still on the first two batteries . Admittedly he was not shaving every day, but as an entertainer he had to present a certain image so the shaver was getting a pretty good workout . I've been active in the electronics industry for over 50 years and it is only recently (the last 4-5 years) that I have seen dry cells leaking from new . I have in my office a vintage Eveready 'C16' 9 volt battery that must be at least 40 years old, if not 50 years . There is no sign of corrosion or leakage and it still shows 0 . 5 volts, so somebody is getting it very wrong out there, and I'll lay odds that they speak chinese! Make of that what you will . . . . . . . . . Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1412820 | 2015-12-14 11:46:00 | Let's see now, Chinese manufacturing, ah yes that was it, melamine in the baby food, old, unwashed hospital bandages in the children's stuffed toys, stand out in my memory. Left to their own devices with no effective quality control, it will be a race to the bottom of more, better, faster, cheaper, with quality suffering because of cutting corners on materials and subtleties of manufacturing, sometimes not deliberately, just an inevitable result of greedy bosses (overseas and local) abusing the workers. I've seen it happening here in NZ as middle-management is pressured by upper-level management, to produce more everyday and they try to without fully understanding the processes and products they are overseeing. It makes me angry just typing that last sentence as it makes me remember all the crapping around I have seen in well-known companies here in Chch in the 70's and 80's, before I tried a new career away from electronic manufacture to avoid the insults to my intelligence and common sense almost everyday. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1412821 | 2015-12-14 18:26:00 | Let's see now, Chinese manufacturing, ah yes that was it, melamine in the baby food, old, unwashed hospital bandages in the children's stuffed toys, stand out in my memory. . Rice in the (hollow) bathroom sink pedestals. (And mummified rat corpses) |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1412822 | 2015-12-14 21:06:00 | . (And mummified rat corpses) Luxury, it could have been Tutankhamun |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1412823 | 2015-12-14 21:53:00 | Use Eneloop. Second to none. | wratterus (105) | ||
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