A-cell (battery)
A-cell or IEC size R23 are the names of a standardized but little-known size of battery cells . These are cylindrical round cells with a maximum length of 50 mm, which is similar to the better-known AA cell (Mignon), but with a larger diameter of maximum 17.3 mm.
General
A-cells are manufactured with different electrochemical systems, which can differ significantly in nominal voltage , capacity and load capacity.
Batteries , more precisely: non-rechargeable primary cells of size A, are not widespread and therefore hardly known in retail in German-speaking countries for end customers . The same applies to B cells . Only the cell sizes C and D have been known under the common names Baby and Mono since the 1950s.
In the electronics industry, individual A-cells are soldered into small mobile electrical devices as accumulators, for example, or they are interconnected to form several cells to form a larger accumulator, then in their own housing. Therefore, A-cells are often manufactured directly with permanently attached soldering lugs .
See also
literature
- David Linden, Thomas B. Reddy (Eds.): Handbook of Batteries . 3. Edition. McGraw-Hill, New York 2002, ISBN 0-07-135978-8 (English).
