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From: bdhall@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Brian D Hall)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: No Batteries in Freezer? (was: Re: AAAA batteries?)
Summary: Freeze 'em.
Message-ID: <1991Jun14.023602.20342@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 14 Jun 91 02:36:02 GMT
References: <1991Jun10.012020.19382@ariel.unm.edu> <4730@guppie4.UUCP> <1991Jun13.161542.14899@ariel.unm.edu>
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In article <1991Jun13.161542.14899@ariel.unm.edu>, ee5391aa@triton.unm.edu (Duke McMullan n5gax) writes:
> In article <4730@guppie4.UUCP> svoboda@motcid.UUCP (David Svoboda) writes:
> >From article <1991Jun10.012020.19382@ariel.unm.edu>, by
> ee5391aa@triton.unm.edu (Duke McMullan n5gax):
>  
> >+ Rodeo Schlock has their battery card, which can keep you in smoke detector
> >+ batteries at no additional charge for years to come. (Store `em in the fridge
> >+ ...NOT the freezer!)
> 
> >	Why not?
> 
> Well, I'm told (I've never tried it) that colder freezers will freeze some
> liquid components of some batteries.  Other batteries likely would be un-
> affected.
> 
> That's what I've heard.  Does anyone _know_?
> 
> 
> 					d

	Freezing DRY CELL/ALKALINE batteries will keep them more or less
indefinitely.  What you are effectively doing is preventing the chemical 
reaction that produces the voltage from ever happening.  It will not harm
your batteries.  Just make sure you give them enough time to thaw before
you intend to use them.
	NEVER FREEZE ANY BATTERY WHICH CONTAINS WATER (obvious reasons).

	In addition, placing batteries in a cooler (not freezing) will prolong
the life of the batteries.

   Brian Hall