Greetings all
I am interested in finding out what others do with respect to changing out disposable batteries (AAA thru D cell). In the past decade or so I seem to have aquired a lot of battery powered (or battery back up) devices - everything from a digital scale, numerous multimeters, remotes, flashlights, clocks, freon tester .... In the past half year I have found corroded batteries in a couple of devices that had not been used for several months - in the digital non-contact tach the corrosion was so severe that I had to fab and solder in a new spring to serve as a battery terminal. I realize that I could remove batteries after use but that might wear out the battery access cover (I already have a few that are taped shut). On some infrequently used devices I hang a tag on the outside with the latest battery check date. On even less frequently used devices I remove the batteries. I have thought of making a spreadsheet but this seems overkill and a drain on precious shop time ( 'course washing out battery corrosion is a drain on my time also) and I think that the spreadsheet would be obsolete over time - my shop is miles from home and any battery checks or updates done there might not get updated in the spreadsheet at home.
So, how do you cope with batteries?