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Oldest Working AA Battery? - BogStandard - 09-08-2024 03:02 PM
Back in around 1983 I bought a calculator for my daughter as she was starting Secondary School.
I still have it in a draw but it has rarely been used in the past 40 years. Yesterday I turned it on a couple of times and it powered up although only for a short while. I had no recollection of ever changing the batteries so opened the battery compartment and saw they were the original batteries dated 83-06. They had not leaked in all this time although the contacts look a little corroded. I spun the batteries in-situ to freshen the contact points and it worked!
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The batteries are branded Casio in white lettering on a blue background.
Regards…
RE: Oldest Working AA Battery? - DA74254 - 09-10-2024 05:25 AM
Yep. I havwe tha same. A Casio Fx 82, which I bought for my final year at ground school (9th year in Norway). This was the school year '83/84, so bought some time in the autumn of 1983.
Still functional with the original blue batteries with white Casio print.
Unbelievable quality on those batteries. Mine isn't even corroded, and just works :-)
RE: Oldest Working AA Battery? - Garth Wilson - 09-10-2024 09:46 AM
This AA battery is still at 1.51V, without a load. I didn't try it with a load. I don't see a date code on it. Maybe it was made before the calendar was invented, LOL. The rectangular 30V battery is dead, but there's no hint of leakage.
RE: Oldest Working AA Battery? - Sylvain Cote - 09-10-2024 12:36 PM
Wow!
I have not seen that Eveready battery color in a long time.
From Quora
Quote:Eveready batteries, unless they are marked “alkaline,” are carbon-zinc piles. You can use one to exhaustion, and then switch it off. After about a day the depolarization process will restore the battery to full strength. Hence, “nine lives.” Eventually the depolarizer will be used up, rendering the battery drained for the last time.
RE: Oldest Working AA Battery? - xerxes - 09-10-2024 10:41 PM
(09-08-2024 03:02 PM)BogStandard Wrote: The batteries are branded Casio in white lettering on a blue background.
I've the same batteries in my FX-180P bought in 1980.