Lithium battery shelf life

[newspaperguy]

I was amazed.

I bought a nine-year-old Olympus digicam last week.

In the box was a remote control that had never been
unwrapped. Still had the barrier seal in the battery case.

I pulled it out of course, and installed a new CR2025.

Later, on a whim, I checked the old one on my battery
meter and discovered it ran all the way up the 'good' scale.

Also of note - been running two lithium AAs in a pocket
digi since Christmas - several hundred shots - still going.

 

[ath]

Lithiums normally have 10% self discharge over 10 years at room temperature. So after 10 years you have still 90% left.

 

[newspaperguy]

Thanks Andreas.

I go back to wet cells in Graflex strobe cases (way back).

Nicr know some things have gotten better. 🙄