Wow! What was the expiration date of those suckers? That is unreal that that would happen after only one year.

I'm about to switch all my pins over to capacitor storage. So long as I play it once every 45 days, I'm all good, never have to worry about leakage.

I buy Duracell because of this:

DURACELL® BATTERY GUARANTEE

If you're not completely satisfied with a Duracell® product, contact us.

All of our batteries are guaranteed against defects in material and workmanship. Should any device be damaged by these batteries due to such defects, we will either repair or replace it if it is sent with the batteries. Send with postage prepaid to:

Duracell
Berkshire Corporate Park
Bethel, CT 06801
Att: Consumer Dept.
Phone: 1-800-551-2355

There was a thread about this before. Duracells seem to be the choice of most here with Energizers a close second. I think there were a few that had issues with them. The costco/sams ect... are a no-no. Sealclubber had some cheap ones leak within a couple months.

Vid, that is good to know but I never read the package. I guess its because I have never had a problem with Duracells. I agree with you, Duracells for me only as well.

We used to buy Varta batteries because of their guarantee, similar to Duracells. When we had batteries leak in a Nikon Motor Drive unit, Varta returned it unrepaired, saying we couldn't prove that the batteries caused the damage!

I don't trust those guarantees!

But, I do use remote holders

Remote battery holders on long leads.
I quit replacing batteries after I found a new Energizer leaking in the package.
Now I replace them when they go dead, if they leak I cut the 2 buck holder off and replace it.
I have seen 30 YO batteries that haven't leaked and new ones leaking in the package.
Changing them is pointless.

Arm wrestling is the best way to determine warranty coverage (like all things in life).

Other than than that, use duracell.

Holy cow vid!!! Yep, nothing but duracells for me moving forward. Great warranty there.

As a side note, I filled a Maglite with Duracells that I bought from Big Lots.

The batteries leaked and I could not possibly get them out, they became so fat.

Sent the flashlight back to Duracell and they sent back a new one, and said the ones that leaked were counterfeit.

Not a bad company to warranty counterfeit products. I give them my money.

^^^^this^^^^^
Energizer has the same as well. I buy in bulk at Sams

Don't fool yourselves, I've had Duracells do that as well in the same time frame.

Brand consistency has gone out the window with price point competition in a world wide market place.

Different situation but has anyone else noticed the poor quality of light bulbs lately?

I had a set of Duracells leak inside my Mag flashlight (D size), it was so bad I couldn't even get the batteries out of the flashlight. Sent it back to Mag and via Duracell was replaced at no charge. Curious how they'd handle leakage/damage on a CPU.

"Repair or Replace" so I guess I would ask them to send the CPU to Coinop Cauldron or get a Rottendog new board.

That's why I make my own batteries! I know the quality and craftsmanship involved in each one I make.

Just changed the batteries on my machines this weekend. Did the first one while upgrading the ROMs and didn't think about powering it on after switching out the ROMs, so lost the high scores - d'oh!

There's no way I'd send my pinball MPU to a stinking battery company. I changed mine all to RAMTRONs...

Where do you get your CAPs at ?? I helped a friend remove his battery box and install a CAP, but I am not sure where he ordered it from.

Scroll all the way to the bottom:

http://www.bigdaddy-enterprises.com/electronics/e_ecapacitors.htm

Yeah, I'm not sure that I have faith in their 'repair' department to fix a pinball board if they can't build a battery properly in the first place lol.

Duracell does not do repairs in house.

They told me they send work out or simply replace with new.

Thanks, I also found these:

http://www.mouser.com/_/N-scv7?Keyword=Supercapacitors+1.5f+5.5v&FS=True