If you’ve got a Luminara electronic candle with the original batteries that came pre-fitted, then I strongly recommend you remove and replace them with alkaline D-cells immediately.
The ones supplied are cheap low-capacity zinc chloride batteries and will probably leak after a period of use, and that could damage your candle beyond repair.
Shame. Great candle supplied with disappointingly inappropriate batteries for such an expensive product. They’d actually be better not supplying any batteries at all. That would also reduce the shipping weight and the risk of the mass of the batteries causing damage if the candle was thrown about during transit.
You don’t need to use Duracell batteries. Any standard “alkaline” cell (it’ll say alkaline on the packaging) will be OK. Most modern alkaline cells have similar capacity to a Duracell version at a fraction of the cost.
If your batteries have leaked, then clean it up with kitchen towel and make sure you wash any residue off your hands. (or use plastic gloves). Make sure you wipe all liquid away from the interior of the battery compartment and off the spring contacts at the end. The baseplate can be washed in soapy water to clean the gunk off, and a typical green nylon kitchen scourer/sponge used to remove any corrosion that is likely to prevent a good connection with the batteries.
