Can you replace an alkaline battery with a lithium if they

>>1113391
Obviously

>>1113396

Evidently not, since he asked.

OP: Lithium vs. alkaline is the chemistry used to generate the electricity in the battery. The only thing that matters for most electronic devices is the voltage.

Powerful electrical equipment sometimes needs a high amperage supply, but you'll generally not worry about that sort of thing with batteries.

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>>1113391
>if they are the same voltage?

It works better if they're also the same size.

>>1113397
So there is a thing that says it has 2 lr44 batteries which seem to be alkaline, but other times it says it has 2 lithium batteries. So it doesn't matter which one because theyre interchangeable?

TY

i have a small synthesizer that runs on 6 aa batteries (or power supply obvs). it has an internal setting for the user to set if using alkaline battries or nimh. whyyyyy

It depends. Mostly, yes. Actually, alkaline -> lithium should always be fine, I think? I think lithium vs alkaline is just higher discharge? The only time I know of it mattering for little batteries is things like calipers using... Whatever the fuck the one with the silver in it is. It has a really steady voltage and doesn't drop like alkaline/li-ion.

>>1113416

Logic dictates: because it doesn't charge the batteries if you set it to alkaline

>>1113398
How are these 1.5 volts when most lithium cells are 3 volts?

>>1113485
Most lithium cells are 3.7V nominal on purpose, there is no reasoning besides the fact 3.7 is more useful

Also most lithium cells aren't in AA form factor

>>1113410
LR44 is the form factor not the chemistry

Also i can't think of any lr44 that are alkaline

>>1113416
Nimh batteries are generally only 1.4V nominal not 1.5V like alkaline/ lithium/ lithium rechargeable

>>1113485
'lithium' batteries come in a wide variety of chemistries with different voltages

http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/276540/what-is-the-truth-about-1-5-v-lithium-cells

>>1113520
Copypasta