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mrdeviljho (06/09/2015) [-] Anyone remember those batteries where you could test the charge by pressing your fingers at the ends of the battery and a bar on the side would change color?
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mrdeviljho (06/10/2015) [-] I think too many people were hurting their fingers or something.
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TheHutchie (06/10/2015) [-] Well we had one that only sort of half lit up, and when we pressed harder, it suddenly started to leak and then got all smokey. Not sure how common that was, but it scared the **** out of me and my friends when we just wanted to play with RC cars.
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LifeIsADisease (06/10/2015) [-] What about the 9v batteries that you could test by touching it to your tongue and get a zap.
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phawsy (06/09/2015) [-] Yes if you drop a battery flat it has battery, if try to subtley shake a battery before you drop it battery is bad
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aleksandurr (06/10/2015) [-]
errr... thats not why it doesn't bounce... the alkaline paste inside a good battery doesn't bounce. The solid that forms when a battery gets used is what bounces, so the more it bounces the less life it has to it.
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prosssper (06/09/2015) [-] Just a surface where the battery can bounce. For your knowledge :
Why A Dead Alkaline Battery Bounces
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrGV7zKEdtU
Why A Dead Alkaline Battery Bounces
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrGV7zKEdtU
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thelizardqueen [OP](06/09/2015) [-] cant stick comment of comments best option would be to thumb it up over or just comment it on the content
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alekksandar (06/10/2015) [-] dropped my charged phone and my uncharged phone and now I have no phone
lawsuit
lawsuit
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sesshii (06/10/2015) [-]
******** . Tries with my used batteries.
No difference from unused batteries.
No difference from unused batteries.
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burningchimera (06/10/2015) [-] I use AAs to power all my wiimotes, my cable remote, my xbox controllers, and a bunch of othrer crap that i can't have wait to recharge
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tagme (06/10/2015) [-]
Just get more rechargeable batteries than you need, then when they run out recharge them, and replace them with the full recharged ones. Also, you could switch out the batteries in things you're not using at the same time. I doubt you use your Xbox, cable remote, and Wii all at the same time, so use the same batteries for all of them.
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linxindao (06/10/2015) [-]
For real, I've got like.... three chargers and around 50 rechargeables.
I may go over the top, but I have a small plastic drawer thing for them, one drawer labelled "charged" and the other labelled "needs charging". When there are a good few in the needs charging drawer, I put them on the charger right beside it.
Takes less time than running to the store for batteries..... ever. I pick up more whenever batteries go bad.
However.... I say I go over the top because I write a four digit code on every battery I buy to make sure certain batteries get charged together. I always do them in sets of two. I do this because batteries have a limited number of charges and when you mix and match, its harder to tell which ones are going bad, and if one goes bad like this, both are probably bad, so toss both and move on. Maybe I wouldn't have to do this if my chargers charged batteries one by one instead of in pairs (although, they do have a nice digital readout and tell me if the battery is bad).... Seems like a lot of work but I have my own system down, its more or less like a rotation.
I may go over the top, but I have a small plastic drawer thing for them, one drawer labelled "charged" and the other labelled "needs charging". When there are a good few in the needs charging drawer, I put them on the charger right beside it.
Takes less time than running to the store for batteries..... ever. I pick up more whenever batteries go bad.
However.... I say I go over the top because I write a four digit code on every battery I buy to make sure certain batteries get charged together. I always do them in sets of two. I do this because batteries have a limited number of charges and when you mix and match, its harder to tell which ones are going bad, and if one goes bad like this, both are probably bad, so toss both and move on. Maybe I wouldn't have to do this if my chargers charged batteries one by one instead of in pairs (although, they do have a nice digital readout and tell me if the battery is bad).... Seems like a lot of work but I have my own system down, its more or less like a rotation.
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linxindao (06/10/2015) [-]
It costs $14 for 16 AA batteries (non-rechargeable)
It costs $10 for 4 AA batteries that can be re-charged 700 times or more depending on which brand/style.
Essentially, you would pay $602 out of laziness per battery use.... except you ignore battery life. Shelf life, non-rechargeables last longer (so they're good for things like emergency lighting and radios)......... but in something you're running almost non-stop, rechargeables outshine standard AA's like you wouldn't believe. In my cameras, I use Energizer Rechargeables, that give me days of photographing before they die. I bought some standard AA's once because I was on a trip, and they were dead within thirty minutes.
You have to be one hell of a casual to be able to afford buying all your AA's instead of charging, serious gamers know (and even some casuals) that rechargeable batteries or packs are worth buying. Especially when you only need 3x the batteries (for each device) to have infinite usage. (max charge time is 8 hours, each battery will give you AT LEAST 4 hours of continuous usage, even in the most demanding items, three times the batteries you need ensures you will always have fully charged batteries as long as you have a charger handy.
It costs $10 for 4 AA batteries that can be re-charged 700 times or more depending on which brand/style.
Essentially, you would pay $602 out of laziness per battery use.... except you ignore battery life. Shelf life, non-rechargeables last longer (so they're good for things like emergency lighting and radios)......... but in something you're running almost non-stop, rechargeables outshine standard AA's like you wouldn't believe. In my cameras, I use Energizer Rechargeables, that give me days of photographing before they die. I bought some standard AA's once because I was on a trip, and they were dead within thirty minutes.
You have to be one hell of a casual to be able to afford buying all your AA's instead of charging, serious gamers know (and even some casuals) that rechargeable batteries or packs are worth buying. Especially when you only need 3x the batteries (for each device) to have infinite usage. (max charge time is 8 hours, each battery will give you AT LEAST 4 hours of continuous usage, even in the most demanding items, three times the batteries you need ensures you will always have fully charged batteries as long as you have a charger handy.
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burningchimera (06/10/2015) [-] I've used rechargable batteries, they don't last nearly as long as regular ones do.
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jengafag (06/10/2015) [-]
you might as well say the battery on the left has more balance due to the shape.
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basaltface (06/10/2015) [-] i personally use these since a while for everything that needs em, can only recommend the investment
