AA-sized conductor (fake battery) wanted

[D Yuniskis]

D Yuniskis Inscribed thus:


Ooo ! I feel the green eyed monster coming on.

Yeah, when I hear complaints about all of my crap ^H^H^H er, *toys*,
I think about *these* sorts of things! :> The first friend (above)
gave me a 3KW FERRUPS (UPS) one day. I was trying to figure out how
to get it *into* the truck (weighed a couple hundred pounds... the
batteries alone weighed more than 100 pounds). He "disappeared".
And came back a few minutes later with a front-end loader, scooped
the UPS into the bucket and dropped it onto the truck.

Sheesh!

I wasn't aware of that limitation. Though my son just pointed out the
battery holder in the Wii was shaped so you couldn't put the battery in
backwards.

Yes. It's the same sort of problem you face with "untabbed"
NiCd or Li cells. They don't always want to conduct abutted
"end to end".

 

[David Nebenzahl]

How rebolting! ;-)

Aaaaaah, the guy's nuts I say. Cross-threaded between the ears. Tapped
out, ready to die.


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To me, the *plonk...* reminds me of the old man at the public hearing
who stands to make his point, then removes his hearing aid as a sign
that he is not going to hear any rebuttals.

 

[Baron]

David Nebenzahl Inscribed thus:

Aaaaaah, the guy's nuts I say. Cross-threaded between the ears. Tapped
out, ready to die.

Ooo Nasty. ;-)

 

[Baron]

Michael A. Terrell Inscribed thus:

You need one of these!

Hey that looks nice ! Don't know what I would do with it ! But it
looks nice.

 

[Baron]

Michael A. Terrell Inscribed thus:

Left hand thread in a right handed world!

That reminds me of a little tale. Many many years ago, an apprentice
was given the task of drilling some holes in a piece of metal. He was
given a drill of the right size and told to get on with it.

He came back quite some time later with a very badly burnt and blunted
drill, a piece of metal with a burned depression in it.

The foreman had sneakily given the lad a left hand drill...

 

[D Yuniskis]

<http://www.harborfreight.com/1000-lb-capacity-hydraulic-scissor-table-cart-93116.html>

Hey that looks nice ! Don't know what I would do with it ! But it
looks nice.

Great for moving (light) pool (billiard) tables, pinball machines, etc.

Of course, the latter can be moved by a person with a suitably strong
*back*

 

[Baron]

D Yuniskis Inscribed thus:

Great for moving (light) pool (billiard) tables, pinball machines,
etc.

Of course, the latter can be moved by a person with a suitably strong
*back*

Well that rules me out then ! ;-)

 

[JW]

Find a dead AA battery. Make sure it's totally discharged. Wrap with
aluminum foil. Instant shorted battery.

I'd be worried that it'd start leaking.

 

[Angelo Campanella]

Foil can have pinholes. plus,you add more thickness with each layer of
foil.

Why take the risk?

Easy: "bird;in-hand.....".

Use a dowel with a longitudinal slot cut for a wire. You can make them
with
just a hand saw.
Simple,long lasting,safe.

I suppose.

I just use a dead AA cell with a jumper.. foil is a neat alternate.

Ange