A battery, nothing unusual about that I hear you say. Well it might seem slightly more unusual when I tell you where it came from.
This battery came from the doorbell at my parents house, it was removed only last week. The doorbell was replaced because said battery had expired, died, was no more.
Still nothing odd, other than maybe it seems a little extreme to replace the whole thing for the sake of the battery?
Ok...what is odd and pretty impressive by today's standards is that the bell was replaced because this kind of battery is no longer available.....the one pictured had been in the doorbell and working up until a few days ago, since 1968!!! That's 40 years...never replaced, it just carried on all that time!!!!!
And yes, we have had visitors over the years, it was used! ;o)
Hmmmm....and today's batteries last about a week if you get a good one!
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