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Batteries

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  • 05-11-2008 4:22pm
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    petruskaj
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭


    This is my first post, and I'm not sure this is the right place for this but it could involve some DIY.

    I've a drawer in a dresser at home that's absoloutely full of batteries. Lots of them are wasted but there's definitely some good ones in there. I was thinking of making something to store them in, to keep them sorted. They're mostly AA or AAA. I bet lots of ye have a drawer like this and I wondered if anyone had any ideas about what to do about this?


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    gsxr1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,167 ✭✭✭gsxr1


    petruskaj wrote: »
    This is my first post, and I'm not sure this is the right place for this but it could involve some DIY.

    I've a drawer in a dresser at home that's absoloutely full of batteries. Lots of them are wasted but there's definitely some good ones in there. I was thinking of making something to store them in, to keep them sorted. They're mostly AA or AAA. I bet lots of ye have a drawer like this and I wondered if anyone had any ideas about what to do about this?

    batteries are recyclable at those WEE drop of points. why not recycle.

    why would you keep them?


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    backboiler
    Registered Users Posts: 368 ✭✭backboiler


    Is it that you want to find out if some of them are still useful?
    If so, get a multimeter so you can read the open-circuit voltage of them
    You'll probably pick up a basic digital meter for €15 or less in a hardware or electrical shop.
    Assuming they're 1.5 V cells (AAA, AA, C and D sizes) then a good one should read about 1.65 V or so and a bad one 1.4 V or less. In between will read... in between!


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    petruskaj
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭petruskaj


    I haven't recycled the bad ones yet because they're mixed in with the good ones. I want to test them all and then maybe make something to keep the good ones sorted. I suppose it's a bit of an odd idea, but I just thought maybe someone had already come up with a clever solution.


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