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Default Why aren't AA batteries square?

On Friday, 22 September 2017 12:10:36 UTC+1, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
Is it cheaper to make batteries cylindrical or something? If they were square in crosssection, they wouldn't roll off the desk.

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I think the real reason was because AA was meant to replace SP7/HP7s so if they'd made the AA square they wouldn't be able to be used in the products that took SP7/HP7s

 
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