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The C battery is a standard size of battery

Battery (electricity)

An electrical battery is one or more electrochemical cells that convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy. Since the invention of the first battery in 1800 by Alessandro Volta and especially since the technically improved Daniell cell in 1836, batteries have become a common power...

typically used in medium-drain applications such as toys and musical instruments.

As of 2007, C batteries accounted for 4% of alkaline primary battery sales in the US. In Switzerland as of 2008, C batteries totalled 5.4% of primary battery sales and 3.4% of secondary battery sales.

Properties

A C battery measures 50 mm in length and 26.2 mm in diameter.
The voltage

Voltage

Voltage, otherwise known as electrical potential difference or electric tension is the difference in electric potential between two points — or the difference in electric potential energy per unit charge between two points...

and capacity of a C size battery depends on the battery chemistry and discharge conditions. Alkaline C batteries can hold up to 8,000 mAh

Ampere-hour

An ampere-hour or amp-hour is a unit of electric charge, with sub-units milliampere-hour and milliampere second...

, rechargeable NiMH C batteries can hold up to 6,000 mAh, and zinc-carbon C batteries usually hold up to 3,800 mAh.

Standardisation

Like the D battery

D battery

A D battery is a size of dry cell. A D cell is cylindrical with electrical contacts at each end; the positive end having a nub or bump...

, the C battery size has been standardized since the 1920s.
The C battery is called "14" in current ANSI

American National Standards Institute

The American National Standards Institute is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States. The organization also coordinates U.S. standards with international...

standards of battery nomenclature

Battery nomenclature

Standard battery nomenclature describes portable dry cell batteries that are interchangeable in physical dimensions and electrical characteristics between manufacturers. The long history of disposable dry cells means that many different manufacturer-specific and national standards were used to...

, and in IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

The International Electrotechnical Commission is a non-profit, non-governmental international standards organization that prepares and publishes International Standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies – collectively known as "electrotechnology"...

standards is designated "R14".

Use

The C cell is among the "five basic sizes of flashlight cells" (D, C, AA, AAA, and N) that have been in common use since the 1950s.

Other common names

U11 (In Britain until the 1980s)
MN1400
MX1400
Baby
Type 343 (Soviet Union/Russia)
BA-42 (US Military Spec WWII–1980s)
UM 2 (JIS)
#2 (China)
6135-99-199-4779 (NSN)(carbon-zinc)
6135-99-117-3212 (NSN)(alkaline)

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