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[r1]

bought 4 new aa batterys used 3 and stuffed one in my pocket,sitting down and all of a sudden my legs burning.the aa battery is red hot had a few nuts and bolts and a bit of change in my pocket.
can aa batterys short out?anybody else had this happen?

[STMO999]

It shorted out your nuts???

[KillerWatt]

bought 4 new aa batterys used 3 and stuffed one in my pocket,sitting down and all of a sudden my legs burning.the aa battery is red hot had a few nuts and bolts and a bit of change in my pocket.
can aa batterys short out?anybody else had this happen?

Any battery can short out, and as a single AA battery can easily supply in excess of 1A in a short circuit surge - I'm not surprised things got warm 

[Andy H]

Some Duracells have a 'test strip' on the side.

If you press it I think it uses battery power to heat up a temperature sensitive strip down the side.

Could your small change have pressed the test strip?

[STMO999]

Of course, you sh!ttin yourself probably didn't help.

Did you suddenly remember all those silly stories about spontaneous combustion?

[KillerWatt]

Some Duracells have a 'test strip' on the side.

If you press it I think it uses battery power to heat up a temperature sensitive strip down the side.

Could your small change have pressed the test strip?

The test strip requires a small degree of concerted effort to activate, and certainly doesn't produce noticeable heat.

[r1]

no wasnt a duracell
mrs thought it was well funney me hopping round the room while shes watching popstar she thought i was taking the mick

[STMO999]

no wasnt a duracell
mrs thought it was well funney me hopping round the room while shes watching popstar she thought i was taking the mick

No.....

[alunonhisown]

A little related,
I use a radio scanner (AOR8000) and my mains lead is bust, and AOR in Derby are out of stock for a few weeks.
So I bought myself some rechargeables in Tesco along with 4 AA batteries, now then, this is the tricky bit, 4 X AA Duracell fit nicely in the battery compartment and re-attach battery cover, yet when I put in the re-chargeables, they keep popping out and I cannot for the life of me get the cover back on, so I am assuming that the Tesco batteries must be FATTER, they are 2900mAh, so is this why they do not fit?

[Lazydocker]

A little related,
I use a radio scanner (AOR8000) and my mains lead is bust, and AOR in Derby are out of stock for a few weeks.
So I bought myself some rechargeables in Tesco along with 4 AA batteries, now then, this is the tricky bit, 4 X AA Duracell fit nicely in the battery compartment and re-attach battery cover, yet when I put in the re-chargeables, they keep popping out and I cannot for the life of me get the cover back on, so I am assuming that the Tesco batteries must be FATTER, they are 2900mAh, so is this why they do not fit?

Easy.......You've picked up C cells

Seriously though... I've never noticed any problems with rechargeables

[alunonhisown]

C CELLS?
And they work perfect, but cannot get the cover on.

[Entwood]

A little related,
I use a radio scanner (AOR8000) and my mains lead is bust, and AOR in Derby are out of stock for a few weeks.
So I bought myself some rechargeables in Tesco along with 4 AA batteries, now then, this is the tricky bit, 4 X AA Duracell fit nicely in the battery compartment and re-attach battery cover, yet when I put in the re-chargeables, they keep popping out and I cannot for the life of me get the cover back on, so I am assuming that the Tesco batteries must be FATTER, they are 2900mAh, so is this why they do not fit?

I have noticed that some cheaper rechargeables have a thick plastic sleeve around them for some reason ... this makes them hard to fit in certain devices ....

[Lazydocker]

C CELLS?
And they work perfect, but cannot get the cover on.

The next size up from AA... Fat ones which wouldn't fit

Sorry... Was my odd sense of humour

[sexydaz]

It shorted out your nuts???

and it got that warm the end of his bolt had a red end