Has anyone had issues with Rayovac Alkaline batteries leaking

[sam_sam_sam]

I have to decide what I going to do with the Rayovac batteries that I have that are prone to leaking I would like to get some use out of them anyone have any ideas

[stj]

in the old days, batteries were inside a cardboard sleeve that went into the battery holder - i wonder if it was to catch leaks?

[sam_sam_sam]

Originally Posted by stj

in the old days, batteries were inside a cardboard sleeve that went into the battery holder - i wonder if it was to catch leaks?

You have to wonder if was why they that back in the day the thing was if they did leaked it made a mess

[stj]

well zinc carbon batteries leak a liquid and not a vapor so card would soak it up.

[sam_sam_sam]

I am going to answer this question once and for all about the variances between lot number of one expiration date and the lot number of a different expiration date and see how much difference in amp hours there is because I want to know if there is anything to this crap or there might be something to this but if this is the case I really would not have any confidence in there product at all and it will be because of quality issues ( weather this because of different quality of metal used different quality of electrolyte it does not matter what the issue is it still a quality issue now if is because of EPA regulations of different ingredients that can not be used anymore this is hole another issue that they do not have control over but if you can not make product that does not leak any more stop selling the product until you find a solution for the issue ) with there products and that these companies do not care about what product they are selling anymore

One note about the leaking issue with this type of battery why not put a CID on Alkaline battery if internal pressure builds up and it has to release the excess pressure and make the battery inoperable I would be all for it if it would stop them from leaking all over the place or use a thicker metal and seal material what ever you need to do to make it less likely to leak yea I know it would make the cost of them to be more ok so be it if you want to stop having clams against your products

or put a disclaimer on your product that says the following that these might leak just sitting in storage or if expiration date has passed or if use different expiration date in a device or if you use new and old batteries in a device which is already there—> this would be a much to do by the customer take a volt meter and check the battery voltage of each and every cell and do not use them if the voltage difference of 0.20 volts yea I know I am asking the customer to do to much to use this product

I will post the results of the testing results maybe today or sometime this week

[redwire]

Alkaline batteries internally make hydrogen gas when they're discharging due to use or storage, or see reverse polarity (imbalanced string). They need to burp.
Problem is that also spits out caustic electrolyte, which then wicks/creeps along things due to the tiny current leakage of the wet film. The common narrative is all of this was not a problem with old battery's added mercury- which stopped the offgassing. But that ban started in 1996! so say 20 years ago. Rayovac went bankrupt in 2009, $4.4B in debt then Spectrum Brands like another P&G mega-corp has them. So they are just an acquired brand name.

What's weird today is many alkaline batteries leak badly, but others do not.
Something nose-dived in the race to the bottom for price. It's like a casino in Vegas. Duracell are the worst- even their "made in USA" ones piss just as well as ones made in Indonesia etc. regardless of lot # or expiry date.

So that looks like a quality problem has come in. I took one apart and the seal is a polypropylene piston with some bitumen, for Duracell or Energizer. Either the seal is crap or the battery's chemistry makes too much gas, or both.
Too bad they continue to "blame the customer" instead of fixing their crappy product, and make guarantee claims impossibly difficult.

Note the government definition of "Made in USA" changed, I expect wording on batteries to get cleaned up. Hear that Duracell and Mr. Buffett?
FTC Cracks Down On Violations of Newly-Codified “Made in USA” Claims Rule
"August 13, 2021, the new rule, codified at 16 C.F.R. Part 323, prohibits labeling any product as “Made in the United States” unless “the final assembly or processing of the product occurs in the United States,” “all significant processing that goes into the product occurs in the United States,” and “all or virtually all ingredients or components of the product are made and sourced in the United States.”

[sam_sam_sam]

Originally Posted by redwire

Alkaline batteries internally make hydrogen gas when they're discharging due to use or storage, or see reverse polarity (imbalanced string). They need to burp.
Problem is that also spits out caustic electrolyte, which then wicks/creeps along things due to the tiny current leakage of the wet film. The common narrative is all of this was not a problem with old battery's added mercury- which stopped the offgassing. But that ban started in 1996! so say 20 years ago. Rayovac went bankrupt in 2009, $4.4B in debt then Spectrum Brands like another P&G mega-corp has them. So they are just an acquired brand name.

What's weird today is many alkaline batteries leak badly, but others do not.
Something nose-dived in the race to the bottom for price. It's like a casino in Vegas. Duracell are the worst- even their "made in USA" ones piss just as well as ones made in Indonesia etc. regardless of lot # or expiry date.

So that looks like a quality problem has come in. I took one apart and the seal is a polypropylene piston with some bitumen, for Duracell or Energizer. Either the seal is crap or the battery's chemistry makes too much gas, or both.
Too bad they continue to "blame the customer" instead of fixing their crappy product, and make guarantee claims impossibly difficult.

Note the government definition of "Made in USA" changed, I expect wording on batteries to get cleaned up. Hear that Duracell and Mr. Buffett?
FTC Cracks Down On Violations of Newly-Codified “Made in USA” Claims Rule
"August 13, 2021, the new rule, codified at 16 C.F.R. Part 323, prohibits labeling any product as “Made in the United States” unless “the final assembly or processing of the product occurs in the United States,” “all significant processing that goes into the product occurs in the United States,” and “all or virtually all ingredients or components of the product are made and sourced in the United States.”

This says a lot and some more reasons WHY I am NOT going to buy anymore of this type of battery until all of them get there shit together

[redwire]

Price out using Energizer ultimate lithium cells, at first they look more expensive but they have longer life. And start out a bit higher voltage 1.8V but say almost 2x price yet 3x capacity.
I found 9V L522 at Home Depot and going to use in my multimeters.
For AA, AAA : rechargeable Eneloops or Ikea Ladda are what I use now.

[sam_sam_sam]

The voltage of 1.8 is going to be a problem for digital devices in general the question I have is why does the voltage need to be that high

[Per Hansson]

It is not that high, it is just the open circuit voltage.
I.e. with an actual load it comes down a bit, check the datasheets.

[redwire]

The cell voltage is based on the chemicals used in the battery. Lithium has a high potential, you'll usually see 3.7-4V and here Energizer did get it down using iron-disulfide.

I mentioned the 1.8V just to check the device can take it, it's the worst case and only for a short time. I think it would be worse for two battery devices seeing 3.6V as many IC's are rated ~3.6V max. before the higher classes.
Fluke does not mind it, the voltage regulators drop it down.
The 9V L522 is ~8.4V nominal and 9V peak.

Energizer ultimate lithium are guaranteed to not leak at all: Energizer battery leakage policy
But again, you have to ship the device to them which is gross.

[sam_sam_sam]

Originally Posted by sam_sam_sam

Update
I got a response back from the BBB parts of this response was edited by me the name was changed and the on the one that has ( picture ) had a website link which was removed
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Mr.Sam reached out to the consumer support team regarding an incident involving Rayovac High Energy AA Batteries that leaked in four different devices. Mr.Sam provided us with images of the Fluke FC 300, Kitchen Faucet and Cable Box Remote. Mr.Sam also alleged damage to a soap dispenser but that one was discarded. Based on the images that we initially received on the Fluke FC300 Mr.Samhad mixed different expiration dates which can result in leakage ( picture ) The initial images of the kitchen faucet battery compartment are extremely blurry, and the consumer support team was unable to review, so they requested additional images, but Mr.Sam explains that he no longer has the batteries and has discarded them. After the consumer support team denies the case due to not having clear images of the expiration date Mr.Sam comes back and shares an image of the 3 devices showing the batteries and expiration dates, but the last image received does not match with the initial image received for the Fluke FC300 since it has a different set of batteries. Additionally, the cable box remote has a set of batteries with different expiration dates which can result in leakage. As an accommodation only, we will only be able to proceed with compensation for the kitchen faucet ($***.00USD).

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The offer that the company made is better than nothing now I also add that I disagree with there take on the use of batteries that have different expiration dates on them for the public record and I might accept that if you put batteries with very different voltages and some of have very low voltage and other have the normal voltage for new batteries I might expect this explanation for possibly causing the batteries to leak but you noticed how I wrote this

Update

I did receive the payment that I was promised which like I said it is better than nothing at all
This is covers some of the aggravation that I had to put up with this nonsense from this company and there leaking batteries

I have decided to use the EBL li-ion 1.5 volt usb type of charging this type of battery I will give them a try and post the results in the future

I am also going to try the other version of the EBL batteries that require a special battery charger to use them but they have been out of stock for a while but I seen them are available again so I will be ordering some soon