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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 507450" data-attributes="member: 16749"><p>I can remember, many years ago, when any reputable brand of battery had a notice printed on each battery, and on the packaging in which it was sold, that the manufacturer would repair or replace any device damaged by leakage from those batteries.  I guess that sort of guarantee went away when battery-powered devices evolved from simple flashlights and radios to the much more expensive and complex devices that are so common now.  And I guess, with the demise of that sort of guarantee, some manufacturers may simply have lost incentive to care so much about manufacturing their batteries in such a way as to reduce the chance of them leaking.</p></blockquote><p></p>