How do you tell if your batteries are good if you find them in your junk drawer?

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Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County! (Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)

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Ginger Harper

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I have learned that if you hold battery by 2 fingers and drop to table..the good one will stand up and the bad one will fall down. Do not lift high from table...maybe an inch or so.

Have you ever heard of that?

Apr 30, 2015 08:52 AM

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Michael Setunsky

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We have digital voltmeter. I taught my children at early stage how to test them write on it "BAD". As I recall that is how they learned to write very early on.

As to my wife, I gave up. We do it for her.

Apr 30, 2015 08:28 AM

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Sam Shueh

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John McCormack, CRS

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We have a rule at our place if it doesn't work out it goes.

Apr 30, 2015 07:40 AM

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They have testers, or you can stick them in a device and see if it works.

May 19, 2018 12:13 AM

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Ajay Pandya

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Good Q - no idea.

May 08, 2018 11:21 PM

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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers

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Larry nailed this one!

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Michael Setunsky

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Ginger Harper I never heard of the drop test before. Does the battery fall over because all of the electrons are depleted?

Apr 30, 2015 11:05 PM

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I ALWAYS wait for the power grid to go down the test the one by one..in the dark of course, only to realize they were in the drawer waiting for the next electronic and hazardous materials pick up by the city.

All good batteries should be in the refrigerator or still in a sealed package. That is a hard lesson to learn when the evacuation siren is sounding.

Apr 30, 2015 10:12 PM

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Some batteries have an expiration date on them.

Apr 30, 2015 06:44 PM

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Evelyn Johnston

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If they are not in the package they came in I would automatically throw them out.

Apr 30, 2015 02:23 PM

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Larry Johnston

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Apr 30, 2015 02:11 PM

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No easy answer to this, at least not to my knowledge. Put them in a device.

Apr 30, 2015 11:51 AM

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Mary Yonkers

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Hubby has a volt meter that test the strength. Otherwise I would throw Thames away when taken out of device .

Apr 30, 2015 10:54 AM

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William Feela

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Once taken out of a device they are thrown...

Apr 30, 2015 10:28 AM

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Ron and Alexandra Seigel

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Ginger,

I had not heard of your ways of testing batteries. I have been told if you keep them in the refrigerator they will stay fresher...not sure if that is true. A

Apr 30, 2015 09:48 AM

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Cindy Davis

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You stick them in something and see if it works!

Apr 30, 2015 08:55 AM

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Kathleen Luiten

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I'm assuming these are batteries you haven't used and you're wondering if they're still good. Some batteries have an expiration date on them or one on the package. But they're probably still good past that date, just won't last as long in use. Easiest way to know is put them in a device and see if they work.

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I have learned that if you hold battery by 2 fingers and drop to table..the good one will stand up and the bad one will fall down. Do not lift high from table...maybe an inch or so.

Have you ever heard of that?
We have digital voltmeter. I taught my children at early stage how to test them write on it "BAD". As I recall that is how they learned to write very early on.

As to my wife, I gave up. We do it for her.
They have testers, or you can stick them in a device and see if it works.
Ginger Harper I never heard of the drop test before. Does the battery fall over because all of the electrons are depleted?
I ALWAYS wait for the power grid to go down the test the one by one..in the dark of course, only to realize they were in the drawer waiting for the next electronic and hazardous materials pick up by the city.

All good batteries should be in the refrigerator or still in a sealed package. That is a hard lesson to learn when the evacuation siren is sounding.
If they are not in the package they came in I would automatically throw them out.
No easy answer to this, at least not to my knowledge. Put them in a device.
Hubby has a volt meter that test the strength. Otherwise I would throw Thames away when taken out of device .
Ginger,

I had not heard of your ways of testing batteries. I have been told if you keep them in the refrigerator they will stay fresher...not sure if that is true. A
I'm assuming these are batteries you haven't used and you're wondering if they're still good. Some batteries have an expiration date on them or one on the package. But they're probably still good past that date, just won't last as long in use. Easiest way to know is put them in a device and see if they work.