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Loved your video - Now I definitely know more then the men in my house!! I needed a button cell and showed them just how clever I was, but eventually I caved and told them where I learned this -clear, precise and safe instructions, thanks heaps!!!

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How to Make Your Own Batteries

CNET Hacks Make your own batteries Tom Merritt: Justin, our product manger sends me a link to Kipkay's YouTube video on hacking a part of 9 volt battery into 6 AAA replacements, but I had to try it for myself. Now a 9 volt battery is actually made-up of six 1.5 volt cells, those cells are actually quite AAA size but you can make it work in an AAA compartments, here is how. You're going to need some needle-nose pliers and we are going to pry apart the casing on this 9 Volt battery, not to do so, you should be wearing gloves and you should be wearing something over your eyes. I know that one guy from mail bag said it's not sexy or manly but you know what I want to keep my eyes. So here we go, you see that seam, you want to seam side and get those needle nose pliers in under there and then the way it work best for me was just kind a wedge one side down and keep popping that thing open, at least on this kind. I'm just ripping part; you're just trying to get that case apart. Now, be careful you don't want to puncture those 1.5 cells don't dig too far in but it's just kind of work along the seam there, and should get that case open nice and easy. Now once you get it open, you're going to pull off these metal parts and this top part. You might want to save these though because they maybe useful later in making the AAA or making this fit into AAA size, and then you could just use the needle-nose pliers, be careful here, you don't want to puncture the cells, just want to rip open the plastic. Now, in this brand you got a nice little sausage link ring of cells. This is actually very handy because you're going to use this little metal in between in order to make it fit into the AAA compartments. Sometimes like in this brand if you pull them apart you get individual cells and that's when you need to hold on to that extra bit of metal that comes out so that you can work those in to make them fit. So before you put them into an AAA compartment you either going to want to attach the metal or if it's like this bend that metal over to give the extra room it needs and the conductivity to make it fit. Now, one thing you remember when you get a regular AAA battery, this bumpy side is positive and the flat side is negative. I found out in these 9 volts the flat side it's actually the positive and the bumpy side is negative, it will trial and error figure that out for me. Just show, two of those cells and you could see just kind a bend just a little bit over. Just so it has enough to look like a AAA battery or not look like but to fit like a AAA battery, when you plug it in there, and you can see it works. Now you may or may not be saving money here even if you save some it's not going to be a lot, the cost of a 9 volt battery runs roughly six times as much as a single AAA in a pinch the 9 volt battery could come in handy just don't expect to use it as a 9 volt battery any more after you to do this. Now also via Kipkay, the Energizer brand of A23 12 volt battery like this one can be pried apart to reveal 8 of these button cell batteries, you can recognize, they're useful for watches and other small load electronic devices. Now here you're saving money, the 12 volt is a couple of bucks each of these button cells can run about five bucks. So I will put my protective gear back on, just be in safe I want to set a good example for people. This one is a lot easier than the 12 volt actually, this is really just a case, there's nothing much going on with it. It pulls apart really easy and you don't have to do much. Once you get it open, look at it, it's like a role of smarty's, you just got all eight of those little single cells each 1.5 volts, da, da, it's like Halloween. So there you go, you got eight of those things you are saving at least 20 bucks depending on where you buy these. Now, Rafe Needleman pointed out you can actually order these online for a lot cheaper. But its not as fun as pulling the stuff a part. Do be careful while you're pulling them apart, wear the proper protective measure and be careful not just slice yourself or slice open the batteries because battery acid is dangerous. But if you do it right, you've got a little more flexibility and you might save some money, that's it for now I'm Tom Merritt at cnet.com. CNET Hacks

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Tom Merritt: Justin, our product manger sends me a link to Kipkay's YouTube video on hacking a part of 9 volt battery into 6 AAA replacements, but I had to try it for myself. Now a 9 volt battery is actually made-up of six 1.5 volt cells, those cells are actually quite AAA size but you can make it work in an AAA compartments, here is how. You're going to need some needle-nose pliers and we are going to pry apart the casing on this 9 Volt battery, not to do so, you should be wearing gloves and you should be wearing something over your eyes. I know that one guy from mail bag said it's not sexy or manly but you know what I want to keep my eyes.

So here we go, you see that seam, you want to seam side and get those needle nose pliers in under there and then the way it work best for me was just kind a wedge one side down and keep popping that thing open, at least on this kind. I'm just ripping part; you're just trying to get that case apart. Now, be careful you don't want to puncture those 1.5 cells don't dig too far in but it's just kind of work along the seam there, and should get that case open nice and easy.

Now once you get it open, you're going to pull off these metal parts and this top part. You might want to save these though because they maybe useful later in making the AAA or making this fit into AAA size, and then you could just use the needle-nose pliers, be careful here, you don't want to puncture the cells, just want to rip open the plastic. Now, in this brand you got a nice little sausage link ring of cells. This is actually very handy because you're going to use this little metal in between in order to make it fit into the AAA compartments. Sometimes like in this brand if you pull them apart you get individual cells and that's when you need to hold on to that extra bit of metal that comes out so that you can work those in to make them fit.

So before you put them into an AAA compartment you either going to want to attach the metal or if it's like this bend that metal over to give the extra room it needs and the conductivity to make it fit. Now, one thing you remember when you get a regular AAA battery, this bumpy side is positive and the flat side is negative. I found out in these 9 volts the flat side it's actually the positive and the bumpy side is negative, it will trial and error figure that out for me.

Just show, two of those cells and you could see just kind a bend just a little bit over. Just so it has enough to look like a AAA battery or not look like but to fit like a AAA battery, when you plug it in there, and you can see it works. Now you may or may not be saving money here even if you save some it's not going to be a lot, the cost of a 9 volt battery runs roughly six times as much as a single AAA in a pinch the 9 volt battery could come in handy just don't expect to use it as a 9 volt battery any more after you to do this. Now also via Kipkay, the Energizer brand of A23 12 volt battery like this one can be pried apart to reveal 8 of these button cell batteries, you can recognize, they're useful for watches and other small load electronic devices.

Now here you're saving money, the 12 volt is a couple of bucks each of these button cells can run about five bucks. So I will put my protective gear back on, just be in safe I want to set a good example for people. This one is a lot easier than the 12 volt actually, this is really just a case, there's nothing much going on with it. It pulls apart really easy and you don't have to do much. Once you get it open, look at it, it's like a role of smarty's, you just got all eight of those little single cells each 1.5 volts, da, da, it's like Halloween. So there you go, you got eight of those things you are saving at least 20 bucks depending on where you buy these.

Now, Rafe Needleman pointed out you can actually order these online for a lot cheaper. But its not as fun as pulling the stuff a part. Do be careful while you're pulling them apart, wear the proper protective measure and be careful not just slice yourself or slice open the batteries because battery acid is dangerous. But if you do it right, you've got a little more flexibility and you might save some money, that's it for now I'm Tom Merritt at cnet.com.

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