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Hi, just a thought, most of my scopes are IR and I never use this feature yet leave the battery's in unless I need to borrow one, question is would it be wise to remove ? never had one corrode yet but....
 
Either way it doesn’t really matter. l rarely use IR but leave the battery in just in case, however I suspect the time I need to use it the battery will be flat anyway 🤦.
 
I always take them out.I just remember corroded batteries in torches when I was a kid. Probably ok to leave it in, but not risking it for a battery. Just me!!.
 
jack said:
I always take them out.I just remember corroded batteries in torches when I was a kid. Probably ok to leave it in, but not risking it for a battery. Just me!!.
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I know what you mean, the old U2’s batteries could turn green and fuzzy overnight 😂!

However, I’ve never seen that happen with button cells.
 
I have no experience what’s so ever with this kit but ……. I would take batteries out of anything that isn’t used due to the damage caused by leaking batteries
I learnt this to my peril when I came off the tools into management . I left batteries in my laser levels and digital measure.
Salvaged the lasers with cheap parts but a lot of fiddly work binned the Measure
 
Grey Man said:
I have seen a button cell go bad. It's not common, but when you pay that much for a scope it's not worth the risk, so I take them out if it isn't going to be used for a while.
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Absolutely. Not risking it for a pound battery.
 
Grey Man said:
I have seen a button cell go bad. It's not common, but when you pay that much for a scope it's not worth the risk, so I take them out if it isn't going to be used for a while.
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Davemp said:
I have no experience what’s so ever with this kit but ……. I would take batteries out of anything that isn’t used due to the damage caused by leaking batteries
I learnt this to my peril when I came off the tools into management . I left batteries in my laser levels and digital measure.
Salvaged the lasers with cheap parts but a lot of fiddly work binned the Measure
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I think you are both right, the best advice is, if not being used is to remove batteries.
 
For the sake of a few quid worth of batteries
Keep a few spares in your kit and your sorted
 
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crolandc said:
Hi, just a thought, most of my scopes are IR and I never use this feature yet leave the battery's in unless I need to borrow one, question is would it be wise to remove ? never had one corrode yet but....
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I leave in and use once in a while. My advice is don’t use, remove it as can and do leak. It’s rare, but a 1 in a 1000 chance is still a chance.

Try it, low IR is quite nice in low light .
Keep one in packet in gun slip for if and when, that way it’s all covered and no risk👍🏻
 
Scopes generally have a clean o-ring seal that should reduce the residual moisture corroding the battery. However I'd say you are better removing any battery that's not in use. It saves any risk of parasitic draw, and just avoids an 'oh shit' moment in the future.
 
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It’s rare, but a 1 in a 1000 chance is still a chance.
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As above (all the comments), it is rare but has happened.
In my experience of these Lithium coin cells they are normally fine for a few years if unused and stored properly BUT they can get internal pressure if run flat or just degraded over time.
 
I never use IR and would advise removing/not fitting the battery due to the risk of leakage and corrosion. Corrosion due to battery leakage can really make a mess of the contacts.
 
If you genuinely don’t use the IR, take the batteries out. They definitely won’t do any damage that way 🤓
 
Definitely take it out if you don't use them, they can leak, a digital tyre pressure gauge that I hadn't used for ages had cells that leaked despite them having a good charge and being behind a rubber seal, wrecked the gauge (admittedly rarely used)
 
I’m glad my wife hasn’t seen this thread, she can spot the misuse of an apostrophe a mile way !
 
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