New in box batteries leaking

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(11-01-2024 09:23 PM)Raymond Del Tondo Wrote:  Given that the 50g was introduced in 2006 and discontinued in 2015 your unit may be at least 9 ,
but could even be 18 years old. Much time for batteries to corrode.

On top of that, you have no way to know under what conditions these units were stored. They could have been in a warehouse in the middle of a desert.