Video: 6 volt battery hack?

I got a email today with a video showing someone cutting open a 6 volt lattern battery and saying theyre 32 AA batteries inside and that its cheaper than buying AAs by themselves

has anyone seen this?

is this for real?

Hoax.

They normally have 4 F cells in them. Did you notice how they AA's weren't wired together in any way?

Fake. It's been debunked several times here.
https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/175258

i watched the video more closely and you can tell a SHTTload of batteries fall out!
lol

already been discussed in 2 or 3 threads in the batteries/electronics section. It's a hoax. 6V lantern batteries contain 4 D or F size cells.

Carpenter said:

Hoax.

They normally have 4 F cells in them. Did you notice how they AA's weren't wired together in any way?

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Bingo! I noticed that too.

If you need a bunch of AA's just go to your local sam's club or similar store, i buy 48 energizer max AA's for around $10. All their battery sizes are pretty cheap.

My inlaws fell for this one and disassembled one...nope, no AAs. They have now been told it's a certain brand of lantern battery--walgreens, I believe.

I'd love to see how the AAs were wired together...

The propagation of this joke kinda makes you want to reach through the Internet, grab the people responsible and shake the living daylights out of them.

You can get 6 AAAA's out of a 9 volt battery though.

Roger

z96Cobra said:

You can get 6 AAAA's out of a 9 volt battery though.

Roger

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Hmm, seriously? I'll have to tell my manager this.. He's always griping that he can't find AAAA and his laser pointer uses 'em.

Khaytsus said:

Hmm, seriously? I'll have to tell my manager this.. He's always griping that he can't find AAAA and his laser pointer uses 'em.

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From what I have read most 9volt's contain layers of flat cells inside them. Only a few brands have the AAAA's inside them. You may have try many brands.

SenderGreen said:

From what I have read most 9volt's contain layers of flat cells inside them. Only a few brands have the AAAA's inside them. You may have try many brands.

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Other way around. Energizer and Duracell 9v have AAAA's, Rayovac has F22's

Marduke said:

Other way around. Energizer and Duracell 9v have AAAA's, Rayovac has F22's

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That may be true. I was posting from memory comments I read here:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/360955/9_volt_battery_hack_youll_be_suprised/

Marduke said:

Other way around. Energizer and Duracell 9v have AAAA's, Rayovac has F22's

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Radioshack, Duracell, Energizer, and most alkalines are 6xAAAAs
ALL carbin zinc cells are 6xF22s, I didnt know Rayovac uses them too...:thinking:

Nifty.... I'll have to let him know. He could probably order the AAAA's online, but he's a "get it in the store" kind of guy.

Khaytsus said:

Nifty.... I'll have to let him know. He could probably order the AAAA's online, but he's a "get it in the store" kind of guy.

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Walmart carries them near the photo lab section.

I needed some AAAA's real quick and remembered that about 6 of them in a 9 volt. Tore on apart and what do you know 6 little AAAA's fell out. I can't remember what manufacturer it was.