Batteries New and Old

Over the past 4 months it has been very wet and rainy.

Maybe that has put too much fungal matter in my brain..............but whatever, there have been two total stuff -ups over batteries.

First was a long saga over the remote control for a stereo unit in the bedroom. It died, and that was a pain as we often listen to the radio before going to sleep at night. Getting out of bed to turn it off was a real pain in the bottom. And the remote did not seem able to be revived, even with changed batteries. A new unit was difficult to find or purchase, but then saw www.replacementremotes.com so thought it might be possible to get another.

Then thought, maybe should test again............lo and behold, new batteries and it works!!!

What silly twit I have been. This process went for for about a year.

Part two involves a kitchen wall clock, the one we all seem to have on the wall, the analog one children learnt to tell the time from and so on. It has had indigestion, especially in wet weather, and would not work. As soon as the humidity went up, it went down, then started again in drier conditions. A battery change seemed to have little effect.

So bought a new one, alhough was not a well liked option [ that is a critical issue for an every day wall clock]. Anyway, retested the old one with a NEW battery...........and it has not missed a beat since, about a month ago and with some very humid weather around. The recently purchased clock went back to the store.

Moral of the stories - make sure the batteries are fully charged and new.