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What Happened To Duracell PowerCheck?

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What Happened To Duracell PowerCheck?

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago

Remember Duracell’s PowerCheck? The idea was that a strip built into the battery would show if the battery was good or not. Sure, you could always get a meter or a dedicated battery tester &#…

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Now if it was added to rechargeable batteries, it would be pretty useful

I think the reason we haven’t seen that is that NiMH rechargeables have fairly stable voltage during discharge while alkalines don’t.

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