BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoTIL that quadruple A batteries existlemmy.worldimagemessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1469arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1451arrow-down1imageTIL that quadruple A batteries existlemmy.worldBeatTakeshi@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square106fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresir_pronoun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up102·10 months agoBut… does the mythical A battery exist?
minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69arrow-down1·10 months agoEvery battery is a battery.
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·10 months agoMost “batteries” are in fact cells.
minus-squarePlopp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months agoThis is why humans make good batteries.
minus-squareZron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoHumans make terrible batteries, you leave one in a box for 6 months, you come back to a soggy, very stinky box. Humans are much better as low power space heaters. As long as they have fuel, they’ll maintain a known temperature.
minus-squareTehdastehdas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoIs a battery with one cell still a battery? Is an empty library still a library? Is an empty breadbox still a breadbox?
minus-squareBeatTakeshi@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-210 months agoA battery has many faces. A battery has no name.
minus-squareHellfire103@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoIt would appear so not.
minus-squaremihnt@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-210 months agoAn A battery is usually just called a 17500. They were used in laptop batteries and such but are now used in hobbies more. Mostly for flashlights, vapes, or Lightsaber replicas.
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-210 months agoFunny. I have 3rd-party scripts disabled and it spawns endless search fields.
But… does the mythical A battery exist?
Every battery is a battery.
Most “batteries” are in fact cells.
This is why humans make good batteries.
Humans make terrible batteries, you leave one in a box for 6 months, you come back to a soggy, very stinky box.
Humans are much better as low power space heaters. As long as they have fuel, they’ll maintain a known temperature.
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Is a battery with one cell still a battery? Is an empty library still a library? Is an empty breadbox still a breadbox?
A battery has many faces. A battery has no name.
It would appear
sonot.An A battery is usually just called a 17500. They were used in laptop batteries and such but are now used in hobbies more. Mostly for flashlights, vapes, or Lightsaber replicas.
So does the B battery
Funny. I have 3rd-party scripts disabled and it spawns endless search fields.
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That’s preposterous
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