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On 12/4/25 09:43, Theo wrote:

> Do the AAs suffer when the temperature drops?  

Yes (virtually all batteries do)

> I recall stories of arctic
> explorers having to keep camera/etc batteries close to their skin so they
> don't freeze and stop working.

When I was stationed in Alaska (Ft. Richardson, '72-'74), during Winter 
we had to keep the batteries for our AN/PRC77 radios in a pouch 
underneath our parkas, to prevent deteriorating voltage.

-- 
  I forget things I want to remember,
and remember things I want to forget.

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