No Leak Pinball Batteries! (Boy, I'm a sucker)

[Davester]

Being a (somewhat) responsible Williams pinball owner, I like to change the AA batteries on a (somewhat) regular basis in my Funhouse.
(I've seen lots of horror stories of leaking batteries destroying CPUs).

I was excited when I saw that Walmart had Energizer batteries with a big sign that said "No Leak Guarantee!*" (note the asterisk.)

So I paid $13 for 12 batteries, installed 3 of them and went to the website for details...

http://www.energizer.ca/batteries/energ ... 8QQAvD_BwE

What they don't openly tell you (until you go to the website) is that they are Guaranteed not to leak... for only 2 years. FML. (Oh, and you have to ship the batteries and damaged electronics back to them for evaluation... I wonder how that would work for a WMS CPU...)

Davester.

[mdeslaur]

Buy the Energizer Lithium AA batteries. Lithium batteries don't leak.

Or better yet, get an NVRAM and don't use batteries at all.

[WiZiT]

You could also bank the batteries safely away from the PCB with a battery holder.

[Chazzman]

The NVRAM is an excellent idea..... never worry about battery changes again..... or acid damage.