Energizer Max AA Batteries (LR6) - 20 Pack

These are AA cells from the Energizer Max line, supplied twenty to a pack. Each one is a 1.5 volt alkaline cell to the LR6 standard, which is the designation almost every device manual uses when it calls for an AA. Alkaline chemistry is the everyday choice for household power: it holds a steady voltage through most of its working life, then tails off, and it is a single use cell rather than one you put back on charge. The pack itself is a card of twenty, printed as a maxi pack.

AA is the size that turns up in more places than any other around the house: television and set top box remotes, wall clocks, wireless keyboards and mice, games controllers, digital thermometers, kitchen scales, torches, children's toys and the small radio in the shed. Buying twenty at once is aimed squarely at that: rather than hunting for two cells when a remote dies, you keep a card in the drawer and take a pair off it. It also suits offices, classrooms, village halls and holiday lets, where the same handful of devices all run on AA and all run flat at inconvenient moments.

The pack states a 10 year shelf life, so cells bought now and left in a drawer should still be usable years later; store them somewhere dry and at room temperature, and keep unused cells in the card so the terminals cannot bridge against coins or keys. Change all the cells in a device together rather than mixing a fresh one with a tired one, and take them out of anything you are putting away for the season. We sell this listing in multiples of six packs, with six as the minimum order, so one order brings 120 cells. It sits alongside our wider range of Energizer alkaline cells in AAA, C, D, 9V and coin sizes.

Is LR6 the same thing as an AA battery?

Yes. LR6 is the standard code for a 1.5 volt alkaline cell in the AA size, so anything asking for AA, LR6 or a 1.5V pencil cell takes these.

How many cells do I actually receive, and how many packs must I buy?

One pack holds 20 cells. The minimum order is six packs, sold in multiples of six, so the smallest order brings 120 cells in total.

Can these be recharged once they run flat?

No. Alkaline cells are single use and should not be put on a charger. If you want to recharge, you need rechargeable AA cells, which are a different chemistry.

How long will they keep in the drawer before I use them?

The pack states a 10 year shelf life. Keep them dry, at normal room temperature and still in the card until the moment you need a pair.

Can I put one new cell in beside older ones?

Better not to. Mixing a fresh cell with a partly used one shortens the run and can leave the tired cell holding the device back. Change the whole set together.