Talk:N battery

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This article is a parts catalog entry, we can get all this information off the back of the hang tag at Radio Shack. What would differentiate this article from a parts catalog would be some expansion such as:
 * When was this size invented/standardized?
 * Which company first sold N batteries? Who makes them now?
 * Why was this size considered necessary? Why does it exist today?
 * How many are sold these days? Are they more or less popular than in 2009? 1969? 1939? --Wtshymanski (talk) 16:17, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Common? Also 1.5V?
How common are N batteries really? I rarely see them, I see A23 and 4.5V lantern batteries more than this type. Is this really common enough to have it's own page and link in the battery types template?

Also, Duracell suggests 6V not 1.5 V. http://www.fi.duracell.com/fi-FI/series/turvaparistot.jspx

--Lead holder (talk) 13:41, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * We don't know. None of the battery articles say how many are used in a year. Every time I see a battery display that covers more than the gas-bar sizes, I see N batteries, so someone must be buying them. I've only seen one store in Winnipeg that stocked the 4.5 V lantern batteries, for that matter; I've seen AAAA size at more stores than that. And yes, they are 1.5 V or thereabouts... I used to have a pager that consumed two 1.35 V mercury N cells a week. --Wtshymanski (talk) 15:06, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Eurotrash here. 4.5Vs are pretty common over this side of the canal but Ns not so much, so I guess they deserve some mention. Article could do with fleshing out though, it's crap at the moment, but alas and alack I can do nothing because I know nothing. AAAA is practically unheard of where I am. I see a ton of laser pointers and such thrown out that would accommodate an AAAA, maybe I should start selling them on. I remember the days of pagers and when mobiles first started popping along, they were hell on juice, thankfully my old BT "Easyreach" only ate AAs. Thanks for your quick reply. Take it easy fella. --Lead holder (talk) 16:12, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Ns are found in the UK, but really only in camera shops. They were a common battery for the last generations of 35mm film cameras.
 * AAAA and short AAAs are around too, but hard to find. As mentioned, it's usually laser pointers. Andy Dingley (talk) 16:29, 31 May 2011 (UTC)