Thanks all for your help and advice regarding battery corrosion. I caught it
early on and think "hope" that the connectors are clear. What worries me is
that the "juice" has soaked into the cable connecting headset to battery
box. According to very helpful source at Energizer UK. the crud is attracted
to the neg lead and that "neg lead corrrosion" is a well known problem. As I
use this unit as a safety backup when hiking and rock fishing it MUST be
reliable. Energizer UK. have given me the address of a firm in France who
are contracted to sort out these problems for them.
Also had a similar reply from Energizer US. The problem will have to
wait for a month however...London tomorrow morning...flying out on Mon for
4 wks in Colo, Wyoming, and who knows where!!
I have filed suggestions re corrosion cleaning...BUT hope I do not
have need of them again :-( Regards to all, try not to get too heated
while I am away :-) P.S. I hope my daughters remember to empty my e-mail
box on a regular basis! John Duggan, Wales, UK.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Gomez" <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 5:12 AM
Subject: RE: [OM] NEVER READY BATTERIES
> Vinegar makes much more sense to me than baking soda. After all, they're
> usually alkaline batteries.
>
> ---
> Scott Gomez
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walt Wayman [mailto:hiwayman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Subject: Re: [OM] NEVER READY BATTERIES
>
> <snip>
>
> I suggest you forget the baking soda/water
> conconction mentioned here recently. Plain old white vinegar will do the
> trick, fizzing with great exuberance as it dissolves the offending stuff,
> and it does an especially good job when aided by the brisk use of a
> brass-bristled brush. Watch out for the steel-bristled ones, though,
> because they can do too much of a good thing sometimes.
>
> Walt
>
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