What is a ZA5 battery?

ZA5 is a zinc-air hearing aid cell sold as size 5 (red tab / IEC PR63). It is rarer than size 10 and not interchangeable with ZA10. Only use size 5 when the empty pack or audiologist specifies it — see the hearing-aid size hub.

What is ZA5 also called?

ZA5 pack labels and aliases on this site include PR63, 5, 5A, AC5, VT5, 7012ZD, PR521. These are names for the same battery entity — not chemistry substitutes.

Battery

ZA5

1.4V zinc-air button cell

5A is a pack label for ZA5 — same battery, different name on the package.

Chemistry: zinc_air
Voltage: 1.4 V
Diameter: 5.8 mm
Thickness: 2.15 mm
Used by: 0 devices

Common uses: Hearing aids (legacy CIC)

Common questions

What is a ZA5 battery?: ZA5 is a zinc-air hearing aid cell sold as size 5 (red tab / IEC PR63). It is rarer than size 10 and not interchangeable with ZA10. Only use size 5 when the empty pack or audiologist specifies it — see the hearing-aid size hub.
What is ZA5 also called?: ZA5 pack labels and aliases on this site include PR63, 5, 5A, AC5, VT5, 7012ZD, PR521. These are names for the same battery entity — not chemistry substitutes.

Other names

Genuine aliases and pack labels for this battery — not substitutes of a different chemistry.

PR63 · 5 · 5A · AC5 · VT5 · 7012ZD · PR521

Related codes

Commonly confused with

ZA5ZA10

Not a substitute

Both zinc-air; size 5 ≠ size 10

Size family

Edge thickness in the 5.8 mm family — thicker bar means thicker cell. Not to scale. Highlighted cell is this page.

1.25 mm

1.65 mm

2.15 mm

2.15 mm

2.7 mm

3.6 mm

Devices using ZA5

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Testers & chargers

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Coin / button cell tester
Quick check for CR / LR / SR coin cells
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