Suspect Batteries

[stevecoco]

My batch of Rayovac 395 are all defective.

Changed customers battery, back today complaining watch has stopped, checked battery.....knacked. Opened up a fresh one, same, 2 more later still the same. Just thought I would warn people to check.

 

Anyone else had this problem?

[kirkybob]

I had the same thing about 6 monthes ago, must have been a bad batch because i bought new ones they have been fine

[grahamparker]

I always check the voltage of a watch battery when i install it and keep them in the packs of 10 with the use by date on.

 

We buy our batteries from Condor and i can only remember a couple of duff batteries in the last couple of years.

[stevecoco]

I now check also, lesson learned. Not willing to open anymore packs from that batch because I need to prove they were defective to the company I bought them from, catch 22 really. I have opened 4, all duff, have 50 odd left, which will be returned.

[jkamboj]

Once in while, I come across customers who come over and say, I changed the battery a couple of months ago, the watch stopped. When opened, the battery in the watch is made in China. I tell the customer, I do not use this brand, the customer insists that he or she have changed the battery here. Other times (rarely, the customer take out the good battery and put this battery in other watch, and forget to put the dead battery in the watch and bring the watch to me. When opened, there is no battery in side. I do every battery change in front of the customer on the counter in a small retail store.

 

I stick to only one (90% batteries) Energizer brand, and the rest 10 % are Maxell brand which enables me to identify my battery (not always 100 % because some one else might be using this brand of battery)

 

I am starting another thread with a title of Suspect Customers

Did this happen to you

 

Jas