Never before had I seen an electrostatic bell running on a battery, that helps explain why it has lasted so long. The bell has such a high impedance, it's basically an open circuit at all times. Perhaps the amount of power inn these batteries is not that impressive, but should these batteries never have been connected to the bells, their shelf life would be outstandingly long.<br>A regular battery in such a setting would likely not run out of power for a long time, but almost certain, it would otherwise decay before all of it's chemical energy has been released. It would get oxidized, it would corrode itself, and all that crap that you can see in any old battery that you can find lying around. Thus imo the most impressive thing about this setup is that the battery has not decayed over time, rather than it not running out of power.,(reply>), @Gambit771 relax it was a joke, and a hilarious one at that,(reply>), @Gary Stinten 200 years and 1 day,(reply>), Oggle Myduggies I'm surprised you can read,(reply>), Should bring it to a service center. Obviously something's wrong with it! LMAO,(reply>), Clifford Watson I was reading until you said i...