AA Battery Has the Rhythm in it

Factual Questions
1

I put a double ‘A’ battery into my cordless mouse this morning. This afternoon I’m tooling about and I start hearing a strange clicking/popping sound.

At first I thought the noise was emanating from our new kitten - we have a barking rabbit so a clicking kitten doesn’t seem out of the question - but it turns out the noise was coming from the mouse.

On closer inspection it turned out that the noise was coming from one of the batteries in the mouse. I took the battery out and replaced it but the battery kept clicking and popping for about five minutes before it stopped.

Any ideas? Did I accidently get an Al Quaida Energizer in with my good wholesome North American ones?

2

Internal short

3

Batteries can have an internal short? Damn.

So I’m guessing it’s pooched then?

4

It’s shot if it shorted out. I can’t think of anything else that would have a battery making a noise. It overheats and expands when shorted, often causing internal contents to leak out. Most batteries have a guarantee against this and you can get a new one by returning the shorted battery.