[Idiom] To mount a battery in(to) a device

[Yves.Barbion]

Hi group

Foreign speakers of English seem to use the verb "to mount" incorrectly. One example is "to mount a battery into a device".

Is this correct?

Kind regards

Yves Barbion

 

[Rover_KE]

I say

'I had a new car battery fitted'.

'I need to change the batteries in my walkman.'

'I put a new battery in the smoke alarm.'

I would never use 'mount a battery'.

Rover

 

[Tdol]

I'd use mount for memory sticks and external drives but not batteries.

 

[SoothingDave]

You could "insert" a battery.