Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Flashlights Date: 8 Nov 2025 20:06:05 GMT Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <6srktlxvn8.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <_82dnatebubDjpT0nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@giganews.com> <_82dnaRebualrJT0nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@giganews.com> <10ebv9k$1fsdl$1@paganini.bofh.team> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net nSZHVXwe0L9tIiRlaMErPwjELkP81LMY4z+cVCFRV4f+UNTrpj Cancel-Lock: sha1:0lOfomgJBJHxBMg/R52YlXuNg+0= sha256:t+9TGXWeqN6p9ePldFixM9Qta5+JVESH7JY/gT8p3jc= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:77129 On Sat, 08 Nov 2025 16:05:31 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2025-11-08, Carlos E.R. wrote: > >> On 2025-11-08 03:08, c186282 wrote: >> >>>   What's harder to find in the USA are the rectangle 9-v batteries. >>>   I have some smoke detectors that use those. Used to be very >>>   popular for small radios, but now you don't see them as much. >>>   There ARE 'long life' >>>   9Vs to be had, but you have to go to Amazon. >> >> Curious. A lot of the smoke detectors used in Canada use those 9V >> batteries. They seem to be mandatory. > > I wouldn't use the term "mandatory". Ubiquitous, perhaps. But you're > right about smoke detectors - 9V seems to be the battery of choice, at > least for manufacturers here in Canada. > And I can go to Costco anytime and pick up 9V batteries in packs of 10. > No problem. Not yet, anyway. I've not had any problem finding them. I tossed the battery in the smoke detector a long time ago since it didn't fit with my cooking style but I have several other devices that use them. I've got a couple sitting here with a short pigtail, snap connentor on the battery side, barrel connector that matches the Arduino Uno on the other. They're a lot handier than a battery holder for AAs or 18650s.