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Re: [OM] Battery Nomenclature

Subject: Re: [OM] Battery Nomenclature
From: "Ian A. Nichols" <I.A.Nichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:27:15 +0000 (GMT)

On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Enrique Cabrera wrote:

> post, I didn't pay much attention to the price... but I seem to 
> remember they were much cheaper than V76PX (aka 357 or SR44). Make 
> that about a little more than 2 Euros (just about 2 US$ or around 1.3 
> pounds). However, I am writing from memory and I am NOT actually 
> shipping those for that price until I get a confirmation on it. I 
> will have a look.

That seems remarkably inexpensive for genuine Mercury batteries - are
you sure they're not alkaline or zinc-air?

> PS: Do Mercury batteries get weak with time while packaged? Can I 
> order a truck filled with those for years to come (I will recycle 
> properly, promise. My university takes care of mercury button cells)

I believe they have a shelf life measured in decades

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