Re: Batteries

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 24, 7:51=A0am, "Kid" <su...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tested a fire alarm system and it had batteries in it with a date of 1997=
.
> They still tested good with a Elk battery tester that tests for Mhos. =A0=
These
> were 6.2 Ah batteries and read 123 Mhos. =A0They were Carefree Magnum
> batteries. =A0I replaced them anyway because of the age although I kinda
> didn't want to. =A0Now a days I am lucky to get 2-3 years with a battery.=
 =A0I
> got some elk batteries last year on sale at ADI and have had 5 or 6 go ba=
d
> already. Can anyone beat that battery story? =A012 year old batteries tha=
t
> were still good! Found a link for them
>
> =A0http://www.epcompower.com/content/view/5/6/
>
> made by EaglePicher now. =A0wonder if they are still as good? =A0is this =
the
> brand that was in the Hubble that lasted so long?

There are only a few actual manufacturers of batteries these days,
more than likely those Magnum's were made by the same company that
made Elk that made Panasonic etc etc