Expired battery - 2020 update

Back in May of 2019, I found a battery that since it was due to expire in March of 2004. Much to my surprise, when I checked the voltage, it still had almost 1.5V. So how’s it doing in 2020?

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Still holding a charge nicely, and despite my lack of understanding of physics, as you can see by my transcript:

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It looks like this is about what I should expect from my battery, based on how many amps my mouse is drawing:

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So it looks like my battery is preforming as expected, be interesting to see how long it keeps on kicking.

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