Dynacell

Neptune L`amour · Post by **Neptune L`amour** » Mon Mar 10, 2003 12:58 am

Wow, it feels really nostalgic making a post again.

Ahem... Dose anyone know the difference between carbon and alkaline batteries? (besides that carbon batteries suck).

I bought a walkman today and I'm a cheap s.o.b. so I went to the dolor store next to Fred Myers and bought a twelve pack of Dynacell (no that's not a typo) batteries, not noticing until later that they were carbon, not alkaline. The bargain batteries ran out of juice in about two minutes, shorter if they had been sitting in the walkman for a while. I was just curious about the little things.

R-A-N-M-A · Post by **R-A-N-M-A** » Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:10 am

Its got to do with the chemical components inside. Bateries have a shelf life only so long. Does the box say "For the 1960s and beyond!" as a slogan?

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:27 am

Zinc-Carbon batteries are cheap but as they are discharged the voltage drops which means the won't last long in electrical devices that require a steady voltage. They are ok for flash lights. (by the way put them in those if you still have them since they aren't really dead, they just decreased in voltage.) They are also leakage prone so don't putt them into electronic devices unless you want to risk corroding them with sulfuric acid.

Alkaline batteries last a long time on the shelves, they last 5 to six times longer than Zinc-Carbon batteries, and their the voltage doesn't drop nearly as fast over discharge. (though it is still poor) They also aren't quite as prone to leakage.

MegaMouth · Post by **MegaMouth** » Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:32 am

And both taste good in tomato soup.

kthulhu · Post by **kthulhu** » Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:55 am

Neptune L`amour wrote:Wow, it feels really nostalgic making a post again.

Damn straight - I was wondering where the hell you went

.

Anyhow, hope you stick around.

R-A-N-M-A · Post by **R-A-N-M-A** » Mon Mar 10, 2003 2:02 am

There is too much oregon in here!

kthulhu · Post by **kthulhu** » Mon Mar 10, 2003 2:03 am

Hey, two Oregonians are worth fifty Canadians. On a good day.

On a bad day, it's closer to one hundred and ten.

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Mon Mar 10, 2003 2:09 am

We all live pretty close to each other...

R-A-N-M-A · Post by **R-A-N-M-A** » Mon Mar 10, 2003 2:10 am

Maybe you should stop getting you canadians from PEI then. All they do is

- be poor
- eat potatos
- complain
- be poor some more
- oh yeah and have 1 / 10 th the population of my home town never mind my province.

PEI! THE LAME PROVINCE! AND HOW!

kthulhu · Post by **kthulhu** » Mon Mar 10, 2003 2:13 am

Nah, my figures were for the Ontario Canucks, who are near human. Those Prince Edward guys, though - hell, the way you describe them, just one of me is worth everyone on the damn island.

Lousy Canadian animal men.

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