BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL that quadruple A batteries existlemmy.worldimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI haven’t had one that needed anything other than AA or AAA…uh…ever? What brands are you buying?
minus-squareSam_Bass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoI have two vizio tvs and bluray player that all take two aaaa batteries Edit: just rechecked and they are aaa, not aaaa. I do have a penlight with aaaa though
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoYeah, seems like AAA has become the standard. I don’t love it. Seems like they don’t last as long as AA did.
minus-squareSam_Bass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoYeah, mass is kinda like that i think
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoWell, I mean, in theory they used the smaller ones because they got the power draw down enough that AAAs could power the thing for about the same duration. But obviously not.
minus-squarecordlesslamp@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoNow I feel poor. Thanks.
What does your remote use?
I haven’t had one that needed anything other than AA or AAA…uh…ever?
What brands are you buying?
I have two vizio tvs and bluray player that all take two aaaa batteries
Edit: just rechecked and they are aaa, not aaaa. I do have a penlight with aaaa though
Yeah, seems like AAA has become the standard. I don’t love it. Seems like they don’t last as long as AA did.
Yeah, mass is kinda like that i think
Well, I mean, in theory they used the smaller ones because they got the power draw down enough that AAAs could power the thing for about the same duration. But obviously not.
USB-C and solar. It’s 2024
Now I feel poor. Thanks.