I know it's proper usage of the word accumulators, but I've basically never heard anyone refer to them that way.
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Sorry, English is not my mothertongue. How would you reformulate the title in proper English?
Small cylinder batteries are just called "batteries" in English. If you mean the type that you can charge, we call those "rechargeable batteries". People will infer that you mean the cylinders even though usb batteries are also rechargeable (I'd call that an "internal battery").
I like the sound of accumulator more though. In English that word is usually reserved for hydraulics or electrical engineers
Disposable batteries?
They might not even be disposable batteries, they could be rechargeable batteries.
Generally people just say the size of the battery like "AAs". Or if you're weird the type like "alkaline batteries" or "nimh"
I was trying to ask a Spanish speaker if their cell phone battery store had D batteries. It was very confusing. They ended up calling someone (I assume their boss) who spoke English for me to ask.
I think this is awesome, don't change your verbiage, it was just interesting. Thank you for sharing! I got some cultural experience today.
And what is your mothertongue?
Is it, though? Accumulators are rechargeable by definition. Disposable batteries are, well, disposable.
I don't know that accumulators have to be rechargeable, just an object that collects (even if only at its initial charge) and stores energy.
It's just not a term I hear often, and I thought it was interesting. I like also hearing about how other countries use the term, it's enlightening. I didn't realize that it is the primary term to refer to a battery in several countries.
Not to hold it against them, but they are European judging by the wall sockets.
We've had one like that, you could even plug it into a computer and access it as a usb flash drive and change the sounds
Would not recommend plugging USB into a computer with access to anything important to you.
I'm not a privacy nut, but USB should be treated like a sex toy of* unknown origin.
That is very true.
The toy we had was from around 2010, I think that there may have been less risk back then, but your point still stands (PS I was using linux as a desktop)
Was it Arch, btw?
I have tried Arch, btw, but at the time I think I would have been using openSUSE or maybe Gentoo
My father in law worked security for the government, he wasn't i.t security but he worked with those guys, the amount of citations for plugging in rechargeable vape pens was absurd. He was there when the furby scare happened and they thought that was funny, but then a computer did get infected when someone brought in a digital picture frame, so shits been pretty serious since the late 2000's
Wait, this exact one? Cause we have it and that could be interesting
Not that toy, but the box looked much the same
Unless the batteries are easily user replaceable, this is just planned obsolescence to get you to buy another when the batteries die.
If it includes an easy to replace battery? Then you've bought from a good company who gives a damn about both environment and consumers.
If it's not a phone where size matters it's almost always some generic battery that you could replace with another that's not even the same size. They might have different connectors on it, but usually it's just a positive and negative lead that somehow connects.
Many gadgets are smaller than an 18650 (the oversized thumb sized cell), which is about the only standard lithium size I've ever seen be replaceable. There's hardwired rectangles everywhere, not just phones
I've seen cheap solar powered garden lights which used AA sized rechargeable batteries literally yesterday. A friend asked me to take a look why they stopped working, and I was astonished that it was a standard size, not the classic box with the thinnest possible red and black cables as usually in cheap plastic stuff like that.
My solar powered keyboard uses ML2032 coin cell rechargeable battery. They are rare, but exists.
You're right and I forgot about those. Those sit in a different mental file under "solar lights that ship with the worst possible NiMH cells in a product that's as waterproof as a sock". I was thinking more of rechargeable on-demand use items like flashlights, power banks, wireless phone/computer peripherals, etc. It's also a fair point that sometimes items that take aa/aaa cells will also have an onboard NiMH charger circuit and run off USB power if needed: a few mice/keyboards come to mind along with controllers. I haven't paid much attention to that since I have a healthy stock of those rechargeables and got a few wall chargers that can do individual charging.
True, but literally the vast majority of people don't know enough about batteries to do that. Which is what makes it anti-consumer and anti-environmentally conscious.
the placement is crazy tho
push eaxI hope itβs not lithium ion. Seems like that would be overkill for a stuffed animal.
Lithium batteries are very compact and competitive price wise. Not overkill in the slightest.
They often get thrown in the garbage instead of being recycled. They can catch fire when punctured. Not something I would want near a small child when a NiMH would do just as well.
NiMH or regular akaline batteries can also catch fire when they get thrown in the trash.
Also they make lithium ion AAs too.
Lithium AA (like Duracell and Energizer) you buy at the drug store arenβt the same as lithium ion rechargeable batteries you find in computers and automobiles.
βWhen alkaline, NiMH and even lithium AA batteries rupture, the force and heat of the explosion isnβt anywhere near that of, say, an explosive li-ion failureβ
https://uk.rs-online.com/web/content/discovery/ideas-and-advice/aa-batteries-guide
Ya, but unless your 3-year-olds other toys included an icepick and a mallet, I think it's safe enough assuming you're also comfortable with them riding in a car on public roads. (Source: I have two boys age 3 and 5 who are not dead yet)
oooff no excuse to turn it off then?