How to Clean and Prevent Alkaline Battery Leakage
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Learn how to safely clean off the white crusty stuff that shows up inside your battery-powered devices when a battery leaks. Also find out why this happens and how to help prevent it. Video was created for the Willimantic Repair Cafe by Judy Prill and Brian Taylor.
Some good new insights to this age old problem
Thank you for the explanation of why they corrode. I may try lithium in some devices going forward. I always just looked at the date and charge and assumed that would protect against leakage. Unfortunately, even batteries that were several years down the road (datewise) would leak. I never mixed them, learned that long ago. If they are still good, I may save them for devices that use a single battery, like a clock.
Thank you for the vid. I didn't know about using different voltage batteries and likelyhood of leaking. Subbed and liked.
I appreciate the feedback!
The very best way to prevent leaks is to NOT use Duracell Batteries period!
Or ANY alkaline batteries, period! They are disposable batteries for disposable devices. I will never use alkaline batteries in any device worth more than the batteries themselves.
@@NCF8710 I have NEVER EVER had an Energizer battery leak even way past their expiration date.
I use a head lamp (headband style) about once per month. It malfunctioned recently and one of three AAA batteries had corrosion. I’ve cleaned it off and leave the batteries out but it’s a nuisance to reinstall before each use. I’ll go to Lithium and hopefully be okay to leave them in. The light uses very little power as it is LED. Good video!
Thanks for the feedback! You should be okay if install fresh batteries from the same package. In a year you may want to consider replacing them - or if you have battery tester, check to see if they are all still good (okay to do this if they were fresh batteries from the same package).
@@judyprillvideo that lamp continues to flicker. I bought one with rechargeable battery. $60 but it’s brilliant. This just in; I’ve taken old batteries to a specialty shop for recycling. They tossed my batteries in the trash. I’d have to drive fifty miles to a facility to take them. Booo!
@@markrobinson891 glad you found a rechargeable one!
I honestly avoid the Energizers and especially Duracells now because either their quality has gone downhill or been the target for counterfeiters.
I actually try to get Harbor Freight's Thunderbolt Edge line now, since they only have a single distribution channel, along with a less "premium" name, making them much less likely to be counterfeited. They also seem to be damn solid disposables and are very well-priced.
If they leak because they're out of juice, why do mine leak even if NOT out of juice? I'm showing my age but remember when batteries were advertised specifically as leakproof.
Unfortunately, that's an insidious property of alkaline batteries. Before you realize that they are getting weak, they have already started to leak and cause damage to the device.
I have had very bad luck with mostly Duracell alkaline batteries that leak far before their labeled expiration date & the subsequent damage from the leaked corrosive electrolyte can sometimes be fatal to electronics. I have too many devices to find & maintain to do monthly checks- frankly I have better things to do. I have replaced those batteries with Energizer non rechargeable lithium batteries which is great, but the prices have dramatically risen in the last 3 years. I used to buy a package at Sam’s club for about $21.00, but that has since risen to about $35.00. Talk about inflation! I think people have resisted buying them at that price & in my last 2 visits at Sam’s, I noticed they have been removed probably from lack of sales from inflated prices. Too bad.
I inspect all batteries in all devices about once per month.
thank you but that is intentionally designed to destroy your electronics to make you buy it again... I always felt stupid because the liquid is dialectic and stop the functionality of remote controls etcetera.