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9.38 PRIMARY BATTERIES

TABLE 9.10 ANSI Standards for Zinc-Carbon and Alkaline-Manganese Dioxide Batteries
Specifications requirements
Zinc-carbon Alkaline-manganese
batteries dioxide batteries
Cutoff
Size Use Ohms Schedule voltage Initial* Initial*
N 910D 910A
Portable lighting 5.1 5 min/day 0.9 NA 100 min
Pager (10.0 5 s/h 0.9 NA 888 h
then 3000.0 3595 s/h)
AAA 24D 24A
Pulse test 3.6 15 s/min 24 h/day 0.9 150 pulses 450 pulses
Portable lighting 5.1 4 min/h 8 h/day 0.9 48.0 min 130.0 min
Recorder 10.0 1 h/day 0.9 1.5 h 5.5 h
Radio 75.0 4 h/day 0.9 24.0 h 48.0 h
AA 15D 15A
Pulse test 1.8 15 s/min 24 h/day 0.9 100 pulses 450 pulses
Motor/toy 3.9 1 h/day 0.8 1.2 h 5 h
Recorder 10.0 1 h/day 0.9 5.0 h 13.5 h
Radio 43.0 4 h/day 0.9 27.0 h 60 h
C 14D 14A
Portable lighting 3.9 4 min/h 8 h/day 0.9 350 min 830 min
Toy 3.9 1 h/day 0.8 5.5 h 14.5 h
Recorder 6.8 1 h/day 0.9 10.0 h 24.0 h
Radio 20.0 4 h/day 0.9 30 h 60.0 h
D 13D 13A
Portable lighting 1.5 4 min/15 min 8 h/day 0.9 150 min 540 min
Portable lighting 2.2 4 min/h 8 h/day 0.9 120 min 950 min
Motor/toy 2.2 1 h/day 0.8 5.5 h 17.5 h
Recorder 3.9 1 h/day 0.9 10 h 26.0 h
Radio 10.0 4 h/day 0.9 33 h 90.0 h
9 V 1604D 1604A
Calculator 180 30 min/day 4.8 380 min 630 min
Toy 270 1 h/day 5.4 7 h 14 h
Radio 620 2 h/day 5.4 23 h 38 h
Electronic 1300 24 h/day 6.0 NA NA
Smoke detector Currently under consideration.
6 V 908D 908A
Portable lighting 3.9 4 min/h 8 h/day 3.6 5 h 21 h
Portable lighting 3.9 1 h/day 3.6 50 h 80 h
Barricade 6.8 1 h/day 3.6 165 h 300 h
*Performance after 12 month storage:
zinc-carbon batteries: 80% of initial requirement
alkaline-manganese dioxide batteries: 90% of initial requirement
Source: ANSI C18.1M-2009. 11