Batteries Don't Last Forever
Old And New What Do I Do ?
Over the years batteries have been collected
Sitting in a drawer
Tucked away in a box
Used at one time for one thing or another
Bought for good reasons
Now they wait
Some expired way past their best used by date
Most are good
A few have gone to the great battery heaven in the sky
Then there are rechargeable batteries
I thought they were the answer
They cost more but you can use them many more times they say
I bought a battery tester
A little pricey but that's o.k.
A way to solve my problems
Keep what's good and throw away the bad
It worked fine
Until one day I seen a battery tester at the dollar store
I decided to challenge one battery tester against the other
The one I had bought before read battery very low
Which meant no good
Out you go
No wait lets try the new battery tester
The new tester read the battery is still good
I put them in a flashlight and it works
Not the best but still does the job
Do you think the battery tester tests wrong
So when your batteries still have life
You toss them out only to buy new batteries
It would make you buy more batteries
When you actually didn't need to
That would be just wrong
I couldn't believe my eyes as I retested the same batteries again
I mostly had AA and AAA
I got the same results
The funny thing is the battery testers are run on batteries
Not plug into an outlet wouldn't you think
I decided to use all my old batteries up
In one of those battery candles that sit in your window
Now I have a lot of 9 volt square batteries that nothing but smoke detectors take
They recommend you change them every year
Using only new alkaline batteries
I must of saved the old
Years ago the small hand held transistor radios used them
That's a thing of the past
Then we have c and d batteries use to be for toys and flashlights too
Now the only batteries I use are the small ones
I call them the hearing aid batteries
I use them for a small flashlight and a laser pointer for a toy for my cat
Well that's my battery story for today
I hope you keep your batteries charged and have a great day