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Title: 6V Battery Hack
Post by: Joe Pyrat on December 23, 2008, 09:06:29 AM
An inexpensive way to obtain AA Batteries

(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c245/pyrat/Sailing/Battery%20Hack/th_Batteries.jpg) (http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c245/pyrat/Sailing/Battery%20Hack/?action=view&current=Batteries.flv)
Title: Re: 6V Battery Hack
Post by: AdriftAtSea on December 23, 2008, 09:28:32 AM
Grog to ya for that Joe. :)
Title: Re: 6V Battery Hack
Post by: Lynx on December 23, 2008, 11:50:20 AM
WOW, I would have never have thought.
Title: Re: 6V Battery Hack
Post by: Oldrig on December 23, 2008, 04:14:15 PM
Amazing. Great tip. Thanks!
Title: Re: 6V Battery Hack
Post by: AdriftAtSea on December 23, 2008, 04:39:38 PM
Kind of makes sense, if you think about it...why should they make a different size battery when they have to crank out AA batteries by the bucket load anyways??
Title: Re: 6V Battery Hack
Post by: jotruk on December 23, 2008, 04:55:24 PM
great, will have to pick up a 6 volt soon
Title: Re: 6V Battery Hack
Post by: maxiSwede on December 23, 2008, 04:58:37 PM
BATTERY  HACK !!!!!!!  :o ::) :P


Beautiful -  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: 6V Battery Hack
Post by: Marc on December 23, 2008, 05:04:14 PM
I love it!  I'm even an electrician and never knew that GREAT tip.  Marc
Title: Re: 6V Battery Hack - NOT
Post by: Delezynski on December 23, 2008, 09:07:50 PM
Take a look at:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/humor/batteryhack.asp

It's a fake! Don't waste your $$$$. There are a LOT of new videos out on YouTube faking stuff to make you look dumb.

To bad, it sure looked like a good thing!

Greg
Title: Re: 6V Battery Hack - NOT
Post by: s/v Faith on December 23, 2008, 10:30:59 PM
lol,

  Greg, that was a good catch.  I have to admit, I was duped too.  I really don't see any reason that they could not mfg a 6v battery with 8 banks of 4 aa size batteries... but it is sad that I was duped since I HAVE cut them open BEFORE...  ::)

  I recall the one I cut into as a kid looking just like this one pictured here (http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Stories/006.2/index.html);

  (http://www.theodoregray.com/Archive/2002/08/20/Periodic_Table/Hydrogen/05.big.t.JPG)

OTOH, I was once looking for an 'a' cell battery, (or was it a 'b'?) that is basically a longer 'c' cell.  I might have found it in a lantern battery...
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Quote from: Delezynski on December 23, 2008, 09:07:50 PM
Take a look at:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/humor/batteryhack.asp

It's a fake! Don't waste your $$$$. There are a LOT of new videos out on YouTube faking stuff to make you look dumb.

To bad, it sure looked like a good thing!

Greg
Title: Re: 6V Battery Hack
Post by: Joe Pyrat on December 24, 2008, 10:07:44 AM
Yep I messed up.  After researching this there are 4 cells in a 6V battery which resemble D Cell batteries only a bit longer.   ::)   
Title: Re: 6V Battery Hack
Post by: AdriftAtSea on December 24, 2008, 02:44:45 PM
darn... knew it was too good to be true. :(
Title: Re: 6V Battery Hack
Post by: jotruk on December 24, 2008, 03:03:35 PM
got me