Date   : Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:03:34 +0000
From   : bbcmicro@... (Ian Stocks)
Subject: (ot) AAAA battery?

Rob wrote:
>> On 13 Mar 2010, at 01:02, Rick Murray wrote:
>>
>>> I'll keep this brief as it is way OT.
>>>
>>> I have a graphics tablet. I'd like to use it more, but I am worried as
>>> the 'pen' it uses an AAAA battery.
> 
> I have read, somewhere, that /some/ of those square 9V batteries are a
> pile of AAAA batteries wired in series.   Most I pulled apart as a kid
> were stacked square cells, so it probably depends on the manufacturer.
>   Might be worth investigating any dead ones you have to find out.
> 
> A google for AAAA 9V certainly brings up a pile of results...

I found a Duracell 9V had 6 AAAA batteries inside when I needed some for 
an odd torch a few years back.

Ian.