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GLen, camomille et miel

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AAAAA - Association Amicale des Amateurs d'Andouillette Authentique

Prof. Rachel Thorn 🍉🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️

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AAAAA - Edvard Munch

Matthew Miller

@sysop408 @kwayk42

Huh. So 9V batteries are _actually_ batteries!

Fish Id Wardrobe

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Sheldon

@mattdm yeah that brings up so many questions. So few things use AAAA batteries that most people don't even know they exist.

On the other hand, 9V batteries aren't at all uncommon yet manufacturers will often make 6 AAAA batteries first and then use those to make a single 9V? Wouldn't it be more efficient to make the 9V directly and make fewer AAAA's?

This has been bugging me ever since I learned this.

@kwayk42

Matthew Miller

@sysop408 @kwayk42

Apparently this: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781119163824.ch1

(Says a PBS article I found.)

Szymon Sokół 🇵🇱🇪🇺🇺🇦

@astrid
A version I heard years ago:
AA - Anonymous Alcoholics
AAA - American Automobile Association
AAAAA - an organization for those who drive while drunk

David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)

@sysop408 @jalager @kwayk42 @astrid

I used to have a flashlight that took 4.5V batteries that were actually three A cells in a bigger box. Unlike the 9V ones, which are quite hard to dismantle, these had a top that was very easy to pop off and so you could see the wiring inside.

I've never seen an A cell anywhere outside of these ones, but when I was young you could buy the 4.5V ones in most hardware stores. I haven't looked for one for a very long time, so I've no idea if that's a good thing.

David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)

@0x09 @astrid

That is the worst pun in the thread, I applaud you.

Anders Lagerfjärd

@sysop408 @kwayk42 @astrid Indeed! I THINK I remember them being around in Sweden in the 80s or 90s but I can't swear on it. I'm sure I haven't seen one in decades though.

Calyo Delphi

@astrid AAAA is also a battery! Very uncommon but you can still get some if you know where to look for em! 9V batteries sometimes have six cells slightly smaller than AAAA inside of them, too.