On 27/10/14 19:38, Peet42 wrote:
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OK, I've been building computers for the past 35 years :-)
Only two years longer than me, then. (I was building Acorn Atoms from
kits in late 1981) I was only *paid* to do it (on and off) for twenty
years. :-P
Hi, Peet.
[Monty Python voice] You
On 26/10/14 09:44, p...@myflat.org.uk wrote:
Excuse the slow response; I've been in hospital and I'mk just catching up.
They're not fake, they're just old. A CR2032 will die after just over 5
years whether it's in a motherboard or on the shelf. The pricing reflects
how long it is since
Tony, your linked article talks about the difficulty in finding the
mysterious Chinese factories churning out the real looking batteries.? The
reason they look real is because they *are* real, and the Chinese distributors
are just buying them at various points throughout their shelf life -
On 27/10/14 13:02, Peet42 wrote:
Tony, your linked article talks about the difficulty in finding the
mysterious Chinese factories churning out the real looking
batteries. The reason they look real is because they *are* real, and
the Chinese distributors are just buying them at various
Excuse the slow response; I've been in hospital and I'mk just catching up.
They're not fake, they're just old. A CR2032 will die after just over 5
years whether it's in a motherboard or on the shelf. The pricing reflects
how long it is since they left the factory. Thus, the RS ones are
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014, at 01:04 PM, Tony Travis wrote:
Back to the main topic of my message: I had *NO* idea how widespread
fake CR2032's are on eBay/Amazon never mind PoundShop. I'm looking for
genuine name-brand CR2032 replacements if anyone has recommendations?
I'd probably go with RS. Their
So, as usual, it was Ian?
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On 23/10/14 14:15, Andrea Faulds wrote:
So, as usual, it was Ian?
Hi, Andrea.
Yes, of course, but I had no idea about fake CR2032 batteries either!
I must admit that the Pound-Land batteries seemed to good to be true at
the time and now we know why ;-)
Bye,
Tony.
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On 23/10/14 13:53, Robert McWilliam wrote:
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RS are usually not the cheapest but for things where authenticity
matters paying a bit more can be worth it for them to worry about the
sourcing.
Hi, Robert.
I took you advice and ordered 25 from RS.
Thanks,
Tony.
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