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From: ee5391aa@triton.unm.edu (Duke McMullan n5gax)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: AAAA batteries?
Message-ID: <1991Jun11.033058.25373@ariel.unm.edu>
Date: 11 Jun 91 03:30:58 GMT
References: <43124@cup.portal.com> <1991Jun10.012020.19382@ariel.unm.edu> <1991Jun10.141636.25725@panix.uucp>
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In article <1991Jun10.141636.25725@panix.uucp> schuster@panix.uucp
(Michael Schuster) writes:

>I've opened 9V's before. They seem to come in two varieties:
>a stack of lozenge-shaped discs (zinc-carbon types) and
>a pack of cylindrical cells (alkaline). ...

Hmmmm...yes, the 9V batteries I've opened were alkaline units.  I've never
opened up a C/Zn battery, but...HEY!  I've got a bunch of `em up in the re-
frigerator.  Hang on a second while I get one...now, gimme a minute to open
the case...uh, huh!  Mike knows whereof he speaks -- six stacked cells, about
3/8" thick, with a vertical cross-section that just fits into the battery
case.  It looks like a stack of miniture sardine cans.

OK, well, I use alkaline cell in all my flashlights, anyway, so there!  ;^)

Hmmm...this might be a convenient way to make small batteries to give funny
voltages, like 12V, 15V, etc, for a small volume.  It could be used for flash
guns, incendiary ignit...NEVER MIND!  FORGET THAT! I DID _NOT_ SAY INCENDIARY!
IT WAS NOISE ON THE LINE!


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