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Why aren't AA batteries square?
On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 05:23:34 -0700, Colonel Edmund J. Burke wrote:
On 9/22/2017 4:10 AM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote: Is it cheaper to make batteries cylindrical or something?Â* If they were square in crosssection, they wouldn't roll off the desk. Same applies to your head, I suppose. Which reminds me of Dr Sheldon Cooper's spherical chicken "joke". :-) I know I'm late to this party but I just spotted this old thread and couldn't resist checking some of the later, not yet expired/deleted follow up postings. I suspect I may have made a contribution up thread already. OTOH, seeing who the OP was, probably not. Spherical battery cells would be even stronger than cylindrical with an even greater volume to area ratio but would be more expensive to manufacture and assemble into a high density battery pack. In the case of a single cell "battery" such as those prismatic types used in mobile (cell) phones and tablets, a spherical cell just wouldn't be a very good fit inside of what is essentially a small slimline rectangular box. Oh, and answering the OP's question, they wouldn't be AA cells if they were "square". The designation of "AA" or "R6" mandates their cylindrical shape so the question, as posed, is rather pointless which considering the source, should come as no surprise. -- Johnny B Good |
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Birdbrain Macaw (now "James Wilkinson" LOL), the Sociopathic Attention Whore
On Thu, 26 Oct 2017 16:03:23 +0100, Birdbrain Macaw (now "James Wilkinson"),
the pathological attention whore of all the uk ngs, blathered again: Oh, and answering the OP's question, they wouldn't be AA cells if they were "square". The designation of "AA" or "R6" mandates their cylindrical shape so the question, as posed, is rather pointless which considering the source, should come as no surprise. Your last paragraph is a circular argument :-) No, it exposes what kind of a pointless idiot, i.e. troll, you are, Hucker! -- More of Birdbrain Macaw's (now "James Wilkinson" LOL) usual sociopathic bull****: "Does your dog leave **** everywhere in your house because it hasn't wiped it's arse? Do you allow it to urinate on people's walls and hedges like most dog walkers?" MID: |
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Why aren't AA batteries square?
On 26/10/2017 13:49, Johnny B Good wrote:
On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 05:23:34 -0700, Colonel Edmund J. Burke wrote: On 9/22/2017 4:10 AM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote: Is it cheaper to make batteries cylindrical or something?Â* If they were square in crosssection, they wouldn't roll off the desk. Same applies to your head, I suppose. Which reminds me of Dr Sheldon Cooper's spherical chicken "joke". :-) I know I'm late to this party but I just spotted this old thread and couldn't resist checking some of the later, not yet expired/deleted follow up postings. I suspect I may have made a contribution up thread already. OTOH, seeing who the OP was, probably not. Spherical battery cells would be even stronger than cylindrical with an even greater volume to area ratio but would be more expensive to manufacture and assemble into a high density battery pack. In the case of a single cell "battery" such as those prismatic types used in mobile (cell) phones and tablets, a spherical cell just wouldn't be a very good fit inside of what is essentially a small slimline rectangular box. Oh, and answering the OP's question, they wouldn't be AA cells if they were "square". The designation of "AA" or "R6" mandates their cylindrical shape so the question, as posed, is rather pointless which considering the source, should come as no surprise. Forget Sheldon Cooper's suggestion. AA batteries are that shape so they fit into fit a vibrator. -- Adam |
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