"Eisboch" wrote
Forget all the above. I just discovered it's a hoax.

Well, if you've already stocked up on lantern batteries, maybe you can
harvest some graphite rods:
http://www.theodoregray.com/Periodic...6.2/index.html
And use them to isolate some hydrogen:
http://www.theodoregray.com/Periodic...1.1/index.html

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:31:02 -0500, "Ernest Scribbler"
wrote:

And use them to isolate some hydrogen:
http://www.theodoregray.com/Periodic...1.1/index.html

And blow stuf up!!

Whoo hoo!!

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:47:48 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

My daughter-in-law sent me an email with a video that has the following
advice:

Instead of paying 5 bucks or more for a package of four, AAA batteries, buy
a $4-$5 , 6 volt lantern battery instead.

These are the ones that are about 3" by 3" by 6" and have the spring
electrical connectors on the top.
Remove the label, pry off the top of the case with a screwdriver and snip
the internal wire connectors going to the springs.

Invert the case and dump out 32 brandy new AAA batteries.

That doesn't make any sense.

How do you get 6 volts out of 32 1.5 volts in series? That's 48
volts.

I thought they contained four 1.5 volt square pack cells in series.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:47:48 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

My daughter-in-law sent me an email with a video that has the following
advice:

Instead of paying 5 bucks or more for a package of four, AAA batteries,
buy
a $4-$5 , 6 volt lantern battery instead.

These are the ones that are about 3" by 3" by 6" and have the spring
electrical connectors on the top.
Remove the label, pry off the top of the case with a screwdriver and snip
the internal wire connectors going to the springs.

Invert the case and dump out 32 brandy new AAA batteries.

That doesn't make any sense.

How do you get 6 volts out of 32 1.5 volts in series? That's 48
volts.

I thought they contained four 1.5 volt square pack cells in series.


I wuz duped.

Eisboch

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:22:38 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:47:48 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

My daughter-in-law sent me an email with a video that has the following
advice:

Instead of paying 5 bucks or more for a package of four, AAA batteries,
buy
a $4-$5 , 6 volt lantern battery instead.

These are the ones that are about 3" by 3" by 6" and have the spring
electrical connectors on the top.
Remove the label, pry off the top of the case with a screwdriver and snip
the internal wire connectors going to the springs.

Invert the case and dump out 32 brandy new AAA batteries.

That doesn't make any sense.

How do you get 6 volts out of 32 1.5 volts in series? That's 48
volts.

I thought they contained four 1.5 volt square pack cells in series.

I wuz duped.

Been there - done that - wrote the book.

One time, I went to Vermont to participate in a good old fashioned
sugar boil. The tree farmer gave me a tap and a hammer, pointed out a
tree and sent me on my way. I pounded the tap into the tree, but I
couldn't figure out why the tree was screaming.

Turns out it wasn’t a sap maple after all, just a run-of-the-mill
Vermont hippie that the farmer didn't like.

Damned farmer.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:47:48 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

My daughter-in-law sent me an email with a video that has the following
advice:

Instead of paying 5 bucks or more for a package of four, AAA batteries, buy
a $4-$5 , 6 volt lantern battery instead.

These are the ones that are about 3" by 3" by 6" and have the spring
electrical connectors on the top.
Remove the label, pry off the top of the case with a screwdriver and snip
the internal wire connectors going to the springs.

Invert the case and dump out 32 brandy new AAA batteries.

That doesn't make any sense.

How do you get 6 volts out of 32 1.5 volts in series? That's 48
volts.

I thought they contained four 1.5 volt square pack cells in series.

Make sure you wear the safety glasses when you take apart the next
lantern battery you come across.

On Jan 14, 8:47*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
My daughter-in-law sent me an email with a video that has the following
advice:

Instead of paying 5 bucks or more for a package of four, AAA batteries, buy
a *$4-$5 , 6 volt lantern battery instead.

These are the ones that are about 3" by 3" by 6" and have the spring
electrical connectors on the top.
Remove the label, pry off the top of the case with a screwdriver and snip
the internal wire connectors going to the springs.

Invert the case and dump out 32 brandy new AAA batteries.

Eisboch

It was fake, I seen it too, then it got blown out of the water! See
he
http://www.snopes.com/photos/humor/batteryhack.asp

wrote in message
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On Jan 14, 8:47 pm, "Eisboch" wrote:

My daughter-in-law sent me an email with a video that has the following
advice:

Invert the case and dump out 32 brandy new AAA batteries.

Eisboch

It was fake, I seen it too, then it got blown out of the water! See
he
http://www.snopes.com/photos/humor/batteryhack.asp

I know. I know. I was duped.

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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wrote in message
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On Jan 14, 8:47 pm, "Eisboch" wrote:

My daughter-in-law sent me an email with a video that has the following
advice:

Invert the case and dump out 32 brandy new AAA batteries.

Eisboch

It was fake, I seen it too, then it got blown out of the water! See
he
http://www.snopes.com/photos/humor/batteryhack.asp

I know. I know. I was duped.

Eisboch



You Dupus, you.