How to hack a 12-volt battery for 8 1.5-volt button cells

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Hack a 12-volt Battery for 8 1.5-volt button cells

Interested in getting 1.5-volt button cell batteries for pennies on the dollar? Kip Kay, of Make Magazine, is here to show you how. The trick is to buy Energizer A23s, each of which contains 8 1.5-volt button cells. For detailed instructions on this straightforward money-saving hack, take a look!
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Date Added 11/14/2007 Time 0:39 Video Grade Average Your Grade Views 13,434
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andy 9 months ago
this reminds me of when i hacked my car battery. Inside I found 10 D size batteries, a gargamel (smurfs) action figure and a barbecue beef hot pocket, fully cooked. I suggest everyone look and see what's inside their car battery too.
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Shaving Cream MAN! 9 months ago
no kidding. I hacked my uncle's pacemaker and found a secret universe full of lava-people.
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God 9 months ago
thanks kipkay for another goodie. i've watched all ur vids and im glad u finally got featured
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judahbabyy 8 months ago
well its not really hacking...
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The Pyschonator 5 months ago
F to the A to the K to the E
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protoguy 2 months ago
Not fake. Done it. Done the 12V one too, but there were D batteries inside, not AAs
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