Cheap AA batteries

[Terry_H]

Tricky!

How to save real money from a simple battery

 

[turbojimmy]

Holy crap! I didn't know that. I have one collecting dust in the garage right now. I'm going to give it a whirl.

Jim

 

[my85grandnation]

couldnt get the vid to work here at work so if I remember I will look it up at home.

 

[no-nos]

 

[turbojimmy]

Ummm....no.

I hacked open a Radio Shack brand 6V. Here's what I got:

The worst part is that even though they are "D" sized, they're useless (other than to put them in a sock and beat the person that posted the YouTube video) because they don't have the 'nipples' on top. I tried them in a flashlight. No dice.

The most interesting part of the exercise was that Radio Shack jams Rayovac batteries in "Radio Shack" branded batteries.

Jim

 

[Quick6'n'-K.C.]

Was yours a heavy duty powercell lantern battery made by the same brand that was in the video:biggrin:

BW

 

[turbojimmy]

Was yours a heavy duty powercell lantern battery made by the same brand that was in the video:biggrin:

BW

Alas, no. It was not the Heavy Duty Powercell lantern battery. And it cost a lot more than the $5-$6 claimed in the vid. It's trash now, but at least it's not in my way anymore. I had it on the top of my tool chest for lack of a better use for it.

Jim

 

[UNGN]

Those AA's appear to be "Heavy Duty" batteries so they would have 1/2 the AH of an Alkaline AA.

You can buy Alkaline AA batteries at Fry's for 40/$10 or 20 NiMH for $20, both would provide more run time/money vs. a $6 lantern battery and the NIMH batteries will last for years.

 

[Terry_H]

Okay, I might have been duped. I don't usually eat crow, but here's another tidbit.

Revenge of the battery hack - 32 AAs inside a 6v Lantern Battery. BUT IS IT PHONEY?! | Wise Bread

 

[turbojimmy]

Okay, I might have been duped. I don't usually eat crow, but here's another tidbit.

Revenge of the battery hack - 32 AAs inside a 6v Lantern Battery. BUT IS IT PHONEY?! | Wise Bread

Yup - it's phoney. 2 AAs won't stack inside the 6V lantern case.

Jim

 

[TurboDave]

That's the problem with the modern internet. If one believes everything they see or hear without doing any follow up or research, well.... you get the picture....