It has been many, many years since I have had an alkaline battery that has leaked. Even in stuff in which the battery sat for years without being used. But in the last week I've encountered three of them -- two Energizer and one Duracell -- and all in items in which fresh batteries were installed within the last three or four months. The latest is my wireless mouse. It will usually go well over a year on a set of batteries and the last time I changed them was around Christmas. It worked fine until today when it started not tracking movements reliably -- the classic sign that the batteries need replacement. I pulled them out and one of them had a thick layer of corrosion (nearly 1/4" thick) on the negative terminal.
Has something changed? Have they altered the battery construction to, perhaps, make them "greener" or meet some new regulation?
Has anyone else experienced an increase in leaking alkalines?
Has something changed? Have they altered the battery construction to, perhaps, make them "greener" or meet some new regulation?
Has anyone else experienced an increase in leaking alkalines?