I keep Sanyo Eneloops in my MFJ269. They have been in there for about 6 months and the unit spends most of its time stored in the cabinet. I took it out last weekend and it still showed a good charge, was used for about 1/2 hour tuning an antenna, and then put back in the cabinet showing a full charge. The Eneloops are working fine for me.
73 de AF9W Bob Stephens On Nov 29, 2012, at 2:52 PM, stan levandowski wrote: > Timely post, Roger! I just went down and checked my MFJ 259B and two of the > cells were leaking white stuff. No damage was done. Thanks much! > > The cells were the common black-and-gold Duracells. > > The MFJ-259B is a tough piece of gear to have "not ready" at all times. Most > of the time it just sits on the bench. But when you need it, you need it NOW > and it's a PITA to have to find a small Phillips to back out the two screws > and load up the cells. This is the trap I fell into. Those batteries have > been in there for at least three years ;) > > I think I'll locate - or fabricate- some thumbscrews (like the KXPD3) so I > can more rapidly remove the access cover and lessen the temptation to leave > cells in there. > > 73, Stan WB2LQF > > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 2:00 PM, W5RDW wrote: > >> I second that, from experience! >> >> Left the batteries in my MFJ 259B Antenna Analyzer for just a short time and >> will not do that again! What a mess. Some white looking pookie leaked out >> on, fortunately, one end of the battery tray and did no harm. But if I had >> left it there for months, I can imagine it would have been a big problem. >> >> >> >> ----- >> Roger W5RDW >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Please-DO-NOT-leave-alkaline-batteries-in-your-KX3-KX1-or-K1-for-any-length-of-time-tp7566438p7566443.html >> Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
