$40 In Free Batteries...

[Ben Carufel]

http://www.wisebread.com/the-40-hidden-inside-a-12v-battery

BTW for those who say those 1.5v button batteries are useless, they're not. I always like to replace the batteries in the hearing aids I steal from old folks when I mug them, before re-selling those hearing aids in front of public libraries.

[jflip2002]

Very admirable.

[BDSax]

amazing! talk about price gouging on the battery companies part

[Ryan Stewart]

Ive done the 9v to AAA battery thing before. Not because we wanted to save money but to save space. We were trying to get one of those 9v mini remote control cars as fast as we go. we disabled the regulator on it and got it up to almost 27v. It shattered when Brent lost control of it at top speed and it hit a curb.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Woot. My rectal thermometer will never die...

[Jscotty]

I am always amazed at how people discover and figure out "hacks" like this. Kind of reminds me of how my friends and I would notch out single-sided 5¼" floppy disks to make them double sided.

[NABR 1337]

the AAAA batteries are used in the LED pen lights that I get from Snap-On. I have been wondering where I could get a replacement set. This is 40% useful to me. Thanx.

[GaryE30]

Thats cool, this one is sketchy but cool also.

http://www.wisebread.com/broken-down-turn-your-pencil-into-a-flashlight

[atomic]

Woot. My rectal vibrator will never die...

FIXED TYPO !!

[Jscotty]

You think that if I open up one of those 6V lantern batteries, I might find 4 D-cells inside of it?

[atomic]

You think that if I open up one of those 6V lantern batteries, I might find 4 D-cells inside of it?

Hey thats not a bad idea... could be ...give it a try and let us know

[Jscotty]

I will do this tonight and post pics.

[atomic]

I will do this tonight and post pics.

Did you try it out ? Results ?

[Jscotty]

Actually I just got the battery this afternoon and I am just as excited to find out as you are. I went to 3 different stores last night and nobody knew what the heck I was talking about. Everyone thought that I either wanted a 9-volt or a motor cycle battery.

[h0lmes]

I was talking to someone about this the other day. Even those expensive rechargable batteries, for cordless powertools, are just a bunch of small batteries in a plastic case.