What device even uses this??

  • glitchdx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 个月前

    The stylus for a surface tablet uses one AAAA battery, and it will last for hundreds of hours of use. I wish I still had mine, as my surface tablet was my art tablet and I miss doing art. Nobody pay attention to the fact I was bad at it.

    • Klear@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      3 个月前

      They are only sold as a temporary license. Then Ubisoft breaks into your house and takes them away.

  • FiveMacs@lemmy.caEnglish
    0·
    3 个月前

    Any device that it fits…it’s still just 1.5v battery.

    There is no difference between AA, or AAA and apparently AAAA other then size.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 个月前

      I took apart a lot of batteries as a kid. The nine volts never had batteries like this inside them.

      • _thebrain_@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        3 个月前

        Since seeing this picture I have disassembled about 50 nine volts looking for this and have found about 3. Some full of coin cells too.

        Edit: I should say it was years ago I first saw this picture. I haven’t disassembled 50 batteries in the last 2 minutes

        • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 个月前

          I haven’t disassembled 50 batteries in the last 2 minutes

          I reject your edit and substitute the original assumption

  • Tadpole@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    3 个月前

    Usually they’re used in thin devices where a bigger battery wouldn’t fit. Lots of computer styluses take AAAA batteries, including the Microsoft Surface Pen. There are also some small flashlights and laser pointers that use them.

    • lengau@midwest.socialEnglish
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      3 个月前

      Yeah I bought a 6 pack of them when I bought my pixel slate. They expired after I’d used two

    • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 个月前

      Which was the secret knowledge for those of us with pen lights or active stylii back in the day that required AAAA cells. And then you’d find a cheap brand of 9v that actually had a stack of nonstandard square cells inside it instead… Bastards.

  • drathvedro@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 个月前

    I have a wacom-type pen for a tablet that uses one of those. It was a total pain in the ass the time I was traveling and accidentally discharged it by jamming the button in a tight-packaged bag. Turns out, they are pretty much only available online. No normal shop ever stocks them, not even electronics shops nor radio shacks. Barely anyone even heard of them. Tried disassembling a few 9V’s, but all of them were the stacked kind. And with international shipping going 2-6 weeks and me changing locations more often than that, it was an extremely difficult to get hold of them.

    • perviouslyiner@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 个月前

      When Dan’s Data reviewed these, he said something like “even if you use this in space, you are still no further away from a shop that sells replacements than you would be at home”

  • Pulptastic@midwest.socialEnglish
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    3 个月前

    I have a flashlight at work that uses them. It’s a PITA because we don’t stock AAAA batteries at work so they have to be special ordered.