From: Jim Yanik on
"William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer(a)comcast.net> wrote in
news:hrpnbs$l6l$1(a)news.eternal-september.org:

>>>>> Mallory * has been running a Duracell commercial showing
>>>>> technicians working in wind towers. They're using what are
>>>>> said to be "high-voltage" meters, but which appear to be
>>>>> clamp-on ammeters. We're told these meters "keep them
>>>>> safe", and they therefore rely on Duracell /rechargeable/
>>>>> batteries.
>
>>>> Ha, do you like the klaxon noise and danger graphics they
>>>> add to the meters in the commercial, too?
>
>>> Anything to hype the product, right?
>
>> It still will not get me to buy those leaky Duracells.
>
> Duracells are the only alkalines I've ever had leak. Eveready and Toshiba
> never have.
>
>
>

don't buy those Harbor Freight "Thunderbolt" alkalines;
they are the WORST leakers I've ever seen.
Half the box leaked -in the box- before I ever got to use them. Within
months of purchase.


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