Talk:AAA battery

message: What is a PCB? Couldn't figure it out of the context... ("The AAA is also available in a PCB Tagged version").
:Printed circuit board. Ham Pastrami 16:37, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  PCB 

message: I rarely hear "triple-A", but almost always hear "A-A-A."  This could well be a British variant, I have never needed to ask for batteries while on holiday.  Dave James Parkes  0359, Aug 09, 2007 (UTC)
:I have only ever heard "triple-A" anywhere in the United States.  Perhaps both pronunciations could  be listed?  I'm not sure if it really matters that much, but I say go for it if you want. --Younmm23 (talk) 21:00, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronounciation 

message: I notice that it says the NiMH batteries have an amperage of 1000 mAh.  i'm sitting at home right now, looking at two NiMH that claim to have a value of 1600 mAh.  are these numbers values advertised, or are they tested values?  if the first, this number is quite old.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulcd2000 (talk • contribs) 22:46, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capacity 

message: I've reverted changes made by Wtshymanski, which made this page redirect to List of battery sizes, as this was done without any consultation on the talk page. However, it may make sense to merge this page into the List of battery sizes page. --Supergloom (talk) 10:25, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging this article with "List of battery sizes" 

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message: a typical alk AAA does not sit at 1.5V after purchase
This is an important issue in judging suitability to use, as is profile of voltage drop near end of usable life
The range at which a AAA fails to power a typical modern electronic household gadget is equally important
There should be a link to how a typical Wikipedia user can expect to test a AAA and what the accuracy of such a typical tester can be expected to be.
We USE these things, and USAGE information is lacking as is SAFTEY when discovering a degraded AAA in a device and the VERY REAL risks of shipping devices with old AAA in place in a neglected device ( in case you have never seen a moving van burning on a highway, melting the : pavement beneath it, due to a chemical fire starting in a paper boxed package - as i have on I-35 USA )
:Above was unsigned, edit history shows it was added at  07:39, 31 August 2021 by ‎ 2607:fea8:e962:3500:ac44:61e1:b0c3:f7e8.
 
:Wikipedia is not a how-to guide, a substitute for your owner's manual, nor is it a source of safety information. Wikipedia doesn't care if you die screaming. Fires start for lots of reasons and it would be undue emphasis on a rather rare event to describe it at any length here.  --Wtshymanski (talk) 18:00, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  most important missing element is NOMINAL voltage normal variation in new AAA 

message: I can't measure accurately enough to tell whether they've gone from 45 to 44.5 or 44.5 to 44mm, but my new duracells are definitely smaller than my old ones. Enough that one device works with the old ones but not new ones. I took some photos, but I'm not sure if I can add them here. 2604:3D08:347B:7500:78CE:8777:7515:346D (talk) 23:59, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: This is pure-quill original research and not useful to the article unless reliably sourced.  Why on Earth would someone make out of tolerance cells and lose market share? Have you tried pulling the contact springs out half a mm to compensate?  Sounds way too small a difference to matter. Just checked my obsolete (2011) copy of ISO 60086-2 and table 6.1.1.1 says an R03 can be no more than 44.5 m tall and no less than 43.3 mm. I picked some random batteries off my bench and came up with 44.08 to 44.27 mm, but none of these are Duracells because I don't buy throw-away AAAs unless they are lithium (which was 44.21 mm). Shortest one I had was a used "Golden Power" , age unknown but it came with my recent cable box remote, and it was 44.08.  You can pick up a digital caliper at Princess Auto or your local equivalent for about $20 CDN or less most times, they are wonderful instruments.  --Wtshymanski (talk) 03:40, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  they're smaller now