> A quick search seems to offer keeping in them in the fridge as > one method. > On face value this appears to a valid offering. Only if you don't wrap them in foil, as suggested by a woman's magazine. That's *don't* wrap them in tin foil I wonder though if condensation might obviate the decreased discharge rate of a cold cell. A fridge does tend to have a moist atmosphere. Alkaline self-discharge is minutely small and a wet casing could be significant Joe ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5751 / Virus Database: 4306/9286 - Release Date: 03/12/15 --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .