(decaying) Batteries included...

just bought a 20+ year old handheld game system CIB. Still has 4 golden AA batteries shrink-wrapped, snug in their little styrofoam cavity.


my question is...... What should I do with them? They're factory issued, but obviously I don't want them damaging anything, when I put my collection in storage.


Any opinions???

 

Hmm, have you considered wrapping them in something, what are some acid resistant wraps?

Or, shit this is a tough one....

 

Or that could work. ASSEMbler seems to know everything, but in the videos he makes he sounds like he's in his 20's.

 

To mask his true identity, ASSEMbler hires a 19 year old kid to voice all his videos for him.

 

It gets stranger when he does it in real life.

 

How so?

 

Well, it's a bit like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg-ywBSbQXg

 

Jesus, talk about a tangent....

 

If they haven't leaked in 20 years consider yourself lucky. I've had an original GameBoy get ripped a new one back in 94 or so when the batteries leaked.

 

I gizmo just arrived. I've 2 pairs of AA Hitachi batteries c. 1984 ! Each pair is in a plastic wrapper. One pair shows no outward sign of decay, while the other is almost entirely corroded, but the plastic seal of the wrapper was not breached. Strong stuff.

 

Ahh, I see. Wierd shit there.

 

Each battery is made differently so some might leak due to the seals not being 100% tight and some will last a long time. How the battery is stored, how it's been discharged and what type of battery can effect if it leaks or not. I have a few zinc carbon batteries from the 60s that look mint.

 

From what? I didn't know they lasted that long.:-0

 

Cool, thanks for the tip.

 

The heck?! Repo batteries? Seriously, they make them? Do they work, or are they just dummies for presentation?

 

If there is a market for it someone makes them, or you can get them special ordered.