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From: William Sommerwerck on 17 Apr 2010 11:22 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. Hello? If I need an electronic device to keep me safe, the /last/ thing I want powering it is rechargeable batteries. Rechargeables can poop out when you most need them. Alkaline primaries decline slowly, so I can easily see when they're near the end, and replace them in good time. * The company long ago changed its name to Duracell, but it will always be Mallory to me, just as their competitor will always be Eveready. (Or Union Carbide, for that matter.)
From: Cydrome Leader on 3 May 2010 15:51 William Sommerwerck <grizzledgeezer(a)comcast.net> wrote: > 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?
From: William Sommerwerck on 3 May 2010 17:31 >> 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?
From: Jim Yanik on 4 May 2010 13:00 "William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer(a)comcast.net> wrote in news:hrnfcf$p99$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. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at localnet dot com
From: William Sommerwerck on 4 May 2010 14:00
>>>> 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. |