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To: Red Badger

Sixteen years ago I found a small radio, 9x5inches, it had already been sitting in the garage for six years, but it turned on and worked. Its been sitting at my desk for 16years, every few months I turn it on, the batteries have Never Been Changed?


8 posted on 05/23/2016 11:01:59 AM PDT by heights
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To: heights

Is it solar powered?...................


10 posted on 05/23/2016 11:03:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING TAGLINES!...........................)
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To: heights

Is it solar powered?...................


11 posted on 05/23/2016 11:03:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING TAGLINES!...........................)
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To: heights

Good quality alkalines, haven’t leaked. Shelf life often given as ten years. The small radio doesn’t draw much current which helps.

I still have some truck/marine batteries 11 years old that still test good (used in a solar bank). A few have failed in the same bank although all were subject to the same conditions.


15 posted on 05/23/2016 11:08:41 AM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OMorgair (Latin form: Malachy)northeast hiy)
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To: heights

#8 Have you noticed a very old hamster on a wheel inside the radio? : )


16 posted on 05/23/2016 11:11:09 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: heights

That’s because you plugged it on. :p


30 posted on 05/23/2016 12:35:11 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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