Eli5: why do batteries start working again when you swap them round?

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Eli5: why do batteries start working again when you swap them round?

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It’s not swapping them around that makes it work, but the fact that you disturb oxidized contacts when you remove and reinsert, so that the batteries make better contact/complete circuit again.
It works just as well if you remove them and reinsert the same way they were before.

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