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Old 11-05-2023, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
Alkaline batteries have a 5-10 year shelf life, when used as a backup battery. Changing them every 6 months seems like overkill.
It had been two years. The originals lasted less than a year. We’re going to be doing some traveling so I didn’t want to take the chance of any of them croaking while we were gone.
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