Subj : Battery Size Trivia
To   : TOM WALKER
From : Roy J. Tellason
Date : Fri Jun 17 2005 01:05 pm

TOM WALKER wrote in a message to ALL:

 TW> I nsearchine the Internet for the "A" battery I found that there
 TW> are curreently in production Twelve Standard Sizes of single cell
 TW> batteries. They are in Increasing size order, AAAA, AAA, AA, A,
 TW> SC(Sub C, C, D, F, Super F, G, J, and #6

I've also seen Sub-C designated as "Cs".  And now that you mention that "#6" I 
remember that's what those big ones were.  I wonder what happened to #1 through 
#5?

 TW> I did some further checking on those "Crank Telephone" Batteries I
 TW> mentioned previously and they are a  "#6" Battery IAW the curent
 TW> Battery Shape/Size Standards.

 TW> I also found out some other interesting Size Data.
 TW> There are 7 Variations(same Diameter shorter Height) of the "AAAA"
 TW> Battery, 20 Variations of the "AAA" battery, 9 Variations of the
 TW> "AA" Battery, 7 Variations of the "A" battery, 7 Variations of the
 TW> Sub "C" battery, 4 Variations of the "C" Battery, and 4 Variations
 TW> of the "D" battery.

My experience is that those are given as fractions,  like "1/2C" or "2/3Cs" or 
similar.  Is this what you were bumping into?

 TW> Some sizes also come in "Flat" Versions, Same MaH as it's counter
 TW> part except for a rectangular shape instead of round

Rectangular packages take up less room for the same amount of volume,  but 
probably cost more to produce.  Was that indicated in the prices for these?

I was astounded last night,  while scrapping some parts off boards,  to pull 
one item that turned out to be a lithium battery -- roughly the same diameter 
as a AA but only about 7/16" long,  and it had tabs welded to it to mount to 
the board -- and it still tested good!  This was off a board that came out of 
an old terminal that i scrapped that had been sitting in storage for some 
years...

Got any particularly good sources of battery info?

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