Warning: My laser level shut off mid layout at a job site in Phoenix

I was marking out a kitchen remodel for a cabinet install and the batteries died on my $80 laser level after only 20 minutes of use. Turns out those cheap batteries I grabbed from the gas station were the problem, not the level itself. Anyone else had their tools mess up because of bad batteries on a tight deadline?

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logan27114d ago

Did you check if the heat warped the battery contacts at all?

corap6113d ago

See, @logan271, I gotta push back on that. Heat warping battery contacts sounds like a convenient scapegoat for what was probably a bad design or cheap materials from the start. Dollar-store D-cells are already a gamble on their best day, so blaming heat is like blaming rain for a leaky roof. Those thin metal strips in a cheap toy or flashlight are gonna fail from normal use long before any real heat warps them, unless you left it on a radiator. Might as well search for ghosts instead of blaming the battery contacts, because the real problem is usually the junk plastic housing those tabs are jammed into anyway.

michael_williams13d ago

Had a buddy, hey @logan271, who ruined a whole Saturday with dead dollar-store D-cells.