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Hearing Aid Batteries

Mallory RM-12 Mercury Hearing Aid Battery

The Mallory RM-12 1.4 volt mercury battery was used in some body-worn vacuum-tube and transistor hearing aids starting around 1950 to about 1959.

It weighed 1.4 oz., and measured 1 15/16" high by ⅝" in diameter.

Mercury batteries are no longer sold today because of the large quantities of mercury in them and the consequent environmental concerns.

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Side view of the Mallory RM-12 mercury battery. It looked like a button battery on steroids. The extra capacity was needed in some early transistor hearing aids, although many used the more common "N" sized (401) battery.


 

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Top view of the Mallory RM-12 mercury battery showing the negative terminal.


 

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End view of the Mallory RM-12 mercury battery showing the model number, positive terminal "+" sign and the patent number.


 

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Bottom view of the Mallory RM-12 mercury battery showing the positive terminal.

 


 

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