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Hearing Aid Batteries

Mallory RM-3 Mercury Hearing Aid "A" Battery

The RM-3 1.4 volt mercury hearing aid "A" battery was used in vacuum tube hearing aids in the 1940s and 1950s. The RM series of batteries was manufactured by Mallory.

The RM-3 mercury battery weighed about 1⅜ oz., and measured ⅝" high by 1" 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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Bottom view of the Mallory RM-3 mercury hearing aid battery.

 

 

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Side view of the Mallory RM-3 mercury hearing aid battery.

 

 

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The Mallory RM-3 mercury hearing aid batteries could be purchased in boxes of 4 batteries.

 

 

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Opened box of Mallory RM-3 mercury hearing aid batteries showing the batteries.

 

 

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Front view of the Mallory RM-3 mercury hearing aid battery box.

 

 

 

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Rear view of the Mallory RM-3 mercury hearing aid battery box.

 

 

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Side view of the  Mallory RM-3 mercury hearing aid battery box.

 

 

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Opposite side view of the Mallory RM-3 mercury hearing aid batter box.

 

 

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The picture at the right shows the three sizes of the Mallory RM mercury battery series. From left to right they are the RM-4, RM-3 and RM-1. There doesn’t appear to have been an RM-2 battery used in hearing aids.

 


 

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