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From: ee5391aa@triton.unm.edu (Duke McMullan n5gax)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: AAAA batteries?
Summary: Why not?
Message-ID: <1991Jun10.012020.19382@ariel.unm.edu>
Date: 10 Jun 91 01:20:20 GMT
References: <43124@cup.portal.com>
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In article <43124@cup.portal.com> schuster@cup.portal.com
(Michael Alan Schuster) writes:

>Browsing the shelves at Radio Shack today I noticed a really nice,
>slim black penlite. In fact ... it was TOO slim! About the thickness
>of your average fountain pen; much slimmer than any other penlite.

>After looking at the package I was about to put it back on the rack when
>something struck me: those batteries look VERY VERY slim! Sure enough;
>they aren't triple-A. They were marked AAAA, and the flashlight package
>didn't say where to get replacement batteries :-) The RS people sure
>didn't know!

Mike, I can't be sure the size is correct, but if you open up the case on a
9V battery, you'll find a half-dozen slender cells that I've called "AAAA"
(unofficially, of course) for years.

Rodeo Schlock has their battery card, which can keep you in smoke detector
batteries at no additional charge for years to come. (Store `em in the fridge
...NOT the freezer!)  Get the card; get one of their cheap 9Vers and pop it
open.  See if they fit.

Then, post or email the results...I'm curious.


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