[modeleng] Re: Is this a record?
- From: "Chris Crosskey" <chris.crosskey@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:06:03 +0100
The clock in my workshop is the watch (Casio) that I had as a student...
bought when I was 22 and I'm 43 now... that battery has been going 20
years...
chrisc
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> On Behalf Of Clif Walker
> Sent: 17 September 2009 09:39
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> Subject: [modeleng] Is this a record?
>
> HI All,
> As it's a bit quite at the moment, a bid for a record.
>
> Somewhere about 15 years ago I won a small Transistor Radio in a
> competition. It was the type where it has one battery for the Radio
> Section and another watch type battery for a small digital clock.
>
> The upshot is that after initial use the radio got relegated and then
> never used and the 9 volt radio battery removed to stop corrosion.
>
> The other day when looking for something else in the workshop, the
radio
> surfaced. To my amazement the clock was still going. The digital
figures
> are getting a bit feint but the time was still correct.
>
> So the watch battery must have been going for at least 15 years.
>
> Is this a record or can somebody beat it?
>
> Regards
>
> Clif
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