Where can I buy 1 AA battery?

[Jules]

Off the top of my head:

My mini-maglite does. Same with both TV remotes, the Wii remotes, the remote for the tower fan, any number* of the kids' toys, the external flash for my camera, the display on some of the wife's gym equipment, the furnace thermostat, my portable shaver (not that I ever use it), the built-in light for my pillar drill...

• never ever buy one of those laser-tag things for the kids. 4 guns, 6 AAs in each...

I think my stud detector widget might use AAs, too (although that might be a 9V), but it's over in a different building right now, it's snowing outside, and I can't be bothered to go and check ;-)

I'm sure there's other stuff I haven't thought of (some stick-on closet lights did, but they were utter crap so I fixed 'em with a big 'ammer :-)

cheers

Jules

[Richard Russell]

Our two less-than-a-year-old Panasonic flat-screen TVs both use remotes which take 2 AA cells. So does an 18-month-old Sony Bravia LCD TV. In fact, hardly anything here uses AAAs; the only thing that comes to mind is a room thermostat (but all our UFH thermostats take AAs).

Richard.

[marpate1]

lol ... I was only joking about being off topic ... it's by far more on topic than some of the discussions over the years :)

Turns out Maplins also supply these rather than making the Blue Peter version.

not a great idea for most applications but should be fine for yours.

Cheers, Mark

[Man at B&Q]

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All of the things you mentioned plus...., just not the ones you currently own.

MBQ

[Man at B&Q]

Buy the wife/partner/yourself a "pocket pleaser" from Ann Summers and she can use the others from a pack of 2 or 4.

MBQ

[NT]

If you seal them up airtight and dump them in the bottom of the freezer, the roughly 40C drop in temp slows chemical reactions down by a factor of 2^4 =3D 16, so they should last a lifetime. Must be properly sealed though.

NT

[John]

If you seal them up airtight and dump them in the bottom of the freezer, the roughly 40C drop in temp slows chemical reactions down by a factor of 2^4 = 16, so they should last a lifetime. Must be properly sealed though.

NT

Items such as remote controls have very little current drain so AAAs are fine for them. Anything with a higher demand - eg. Toys with motors are more likely to need AAs to give a reasonable battery life.

[Harry Bloomfield]

tim.... formulated the question :

So buy four and give three away, they really are not expensive.

[mick]

Hellish expensive, but pretty - and no charger needed!

2 per pack.

[ARWadsworth]

> I used to have a small travel razor that took them, these now come with

Rampant Rabbits

Adam

[tim....]

look after the pennies .....

tim

[Bob Eager]

Small local shop or the market would probably sell you one (or two).

We get through quite a few.

AA...five clocks, various toys, TV remote, Wii remotes (2), portable CD player (!), alarm clock...

AAA...clocks, Palm, other remotes, MP3 players, alarm clock...

[mick]

Easily solved. Buy another 3 clocks. :-)

[js.b1]

TV is a Panasonic S-IPS LCD, 6 months, 2x AA. DVD is Panasonic Recorder, 4 months, 2x AA.

I wanted Humax but others wanted DVD/CD.

Kidde and I think ?FirstAlert? CO use 3x AA. Smoke alarms of battery & mains w/ backup use 9V PP3.

Indeed! :-)

[geoff]

In message , tim.... writes

I've got remotes, a camera, sound recorder, clock all of which I can see without moving from this seat

Loads of things really

buy a pack of 4 give the rest away

Honestly, don't you think that life's to short to worry about such things

[Tony Bryer]

In a clock wouldn't the self discharge rate make them useless?

I put a couple of r/c clocks in my church in Twickenham and particularly for the out-of-reach one it was really usefully that it self adjusted when the clocks changed. I couldn't help thinking that a larger C or D battery might have kept the clock running for several years, not just one.

[Andy Burns]

Digital camera Multiple remote controls Wireless mice Mini maglite Bathroom scales Bike lights

but then I do go out of my way to buy equipment that does take AA (other standard rechargeables) instead of propriety batteries.

[geoff]

In message , mogga writes

Bought some POundshop C cells for a change sorter - they leaked electrolyte all over the battery compartment

[Graham.]

people selling them in large multi-packs. After

1 instead of 4.

when it was quite normal for a small retailer to split a pack. Probably the same retailers that sold single Woodbines to school children.

[Harry Bloomfield]

Graham. explained on 02/12/2009 :

So am I, but things have moved on a long way from those days. Money is plentiful and things are much cheaper. What does a four pack of AA's cost?