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Originally Posted by broadgage
The cheaper 996 lantern batteries may contain 4 cells, each D size. The better ones still contain F cells.
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I took apart a Panasonic alkaline PJ996 lantern battery a few weeks ago, and found four bare F cells inside. Annoyingly though, the compartment was sub-divided by moulded cross-pieces, thus splitting it up into four tall square compartments each holding an F cell. Each compartment was slightly too small to accept a D-cell with its insulating outer jacket in place, and also too small to accept a loaded 4xAA holder. Taking out the cross-pieces looked like too much effort, and as I only have two torches that take 996 batteries and get only occasional use, I opted to buy new batteries at £2.99 from Wilko.