How Can Batteries Leak When They’re Still Functioning?

[Kevin Bresnahan]

I don’t get it. I’ve had several remotes stop working suddenly only to open them up and find the batteries leaking all over the battery compartment. Usually when this happens, I check all of my remotes and there have been several times when I’ve found leaking batteries and the remote still functions. WTF? 😀😀

[Ken Dryden]

My wife had a bad habit of storing open batteries in loose bags, which meant that the positive terminals were not neatly lined up facing in the same direction. This has caused brand new, unused batteries to go bad and I am wondering if some of those that were used were already damaged and prone to leak as a result of such storage.

I need to put date of installation on remotes using masking tape and remembering to check them all at least 2-43 times a year, a nice challenge given that every room that has a television, stereo, blu-ray player, etc. has a minimum of three or four remotes, which translates to six rooms over three different floors. Fortunately the addition of the top grade Amazon fire sticks eliminates the need for cable or television remotes.

It's always a good idea to use batteries with identical expiration dates. If you buy Duracell, they are supposed to have a warranty against leakage and are supposed to repair or replace damaged items, at least they used to have it.

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Al most all of the batteries I've had leak in remotes have been AA & AAA Duracell batteries.