Battery Symbol

On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:47:14 -0600, Tim Wescott Gave us:

The key is that it was a symbol for a single cell.

A "battery" is now defined differently than when the term was coined.

It is an amazing argument.

Like the acronym for "LASER" is now OK to say "laser" or "Laser" and be correct, because it is now a thing, instead of the term defining the science of its operation.

I searched images.

"Cell" brings up the original single cell unit symbol you describe, and shows many "battery" symbols within the search.

"battery" immediately brought up proper, multi cell symbology, as well as a few of the single type.

It seems google likes the original definition as well.

I still say AAA Cell, and "C Cell", and "9 Volt Battery".

Looks like this?

Some time ago it was probably a freedom cell :-)

It's defined as unlawful physical contact ...

"Cell" is one of them thar thangs that people press against their head and talk to themselves.

om

Yep, "The symbol for a battery in a circuit diagram. It originated as a sch ematic drawing of the earliest type of battery, a voltaic pile."

You don't know in other words, your usual pile of hot air never answering the question. Take a pill. Go away.

On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:42:21 -0800, Joerg Gave us:

No... "cell" is one of them thar things they lock critters like you up in.

(you left yourself wide open for that one...)

I was explaining to my roommate the other day that the term "battery" is actually misused when talking about a single cell. It originally meant a stack or other arrangement of multiple cells. But of course that has changed over the years so they are all called batteries now.

How is this helping with your design?

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Many 9 volt batteries are exactly that. Open several (different brands) u p and you'll find some composed of six 1 1/2 volt cylindrical cells. They'r e useful for one-off projects where you need more current than a coin cell can provide but a AAA won't fit.

Mark L. Fergerson

I remember many years ago they were made of slices the same shape as the package, but only one sixth the height. They weren't encapsulated like tiny AAAAAA cells. They had a plastic shell and what looked like carbon plates on the top and bottom.

Yep! That's a pile...

...and the guy that was jailed for assault and BATTERY is now in a CELL.

On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 23:29:53 -0800 (PST), " snipped-for-privacy@bid.nes" Gave us:

ALL of them are that way.

DUH. That is exactly what I said.

Yeah... you sound like someone who played with too many raw exposed chemicals. :-)

Polapulse cells are nice too. Quite powerful, actually.

On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:35:20 -0800, Robert Baer Gave us:

Where he can endure being assaulted by socks full of batteries.

Part of the Cellf help program.

Not at all. I'm just curious.

both types are available, if the cell cheimstry runs at a high pressure the cylindrical "AAAA" cells with steel cases will be used, else the stack construction. wrapped in plastic.

The shape of the package suggests that the original design was 6 geometrically parallel cylindrical cells.

On 26 Nov 2014 10:43:30 GMT, Jasen Betts Gave us:

For a nine volt? Absolutely not. The case would have had larger corner radius.

The form factor was designed to power transistor radios, and acquire a high enough voltage in a smaller form factor than the aaa 6 cell array would take up.

The tiny 1.5 volt cell they used to make the stack up with were maximized to the case size to get as many ampere/hours out of the battery as was possible. They were also originally rechargeable, carbon zinc type cells.

One did not see very many 'handheld' 'transistor radios' of that era which had 6 cell "battery" compartments in them.

The nine volt form factor we are all familiar with was the result of the industry answering the needs of those other industries who made consumer electronic products at the time. Small devices drove the need. Large items like metal detectors and such of the era were large enough to have a 'battery' of cells in them, and then they too started using the more compact method of getting a higher voltage source into their products.

Yeah, That's a good one :)

Jamie

...and they can last or YEARS on the shelf...up to 10 years, in fact and still have almost full voltage and reasonable capability.