# AA Battery Has the Rhythm in it

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aa-battery-has-the-rhythm-in-it/516218>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 3, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aa-battery-has-the-rhythm-in-it/516218 "2009-11-03T22:50:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aa-battery-has-the-rhythm-in-it/516218/1 "2009-11-03T22:50:20Z")

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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?

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aa-battery-has-the-rhythm-in-it/516218/2 "2009-11-03T23:05:11Z")

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Internal short

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**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aa-battery-has-the-rhythm-in-it/516218/3 "2009-11-03T23:12:57Z")

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Batteries can have an internal short? Damn.

So I’m guessing it’s pooched then?

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aa-battery-has-the-rhythm-in-it/516218/4 "2009-11-03T23:21:15Z")

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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.