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<blockquote data-quote="HereWeGoAgain" data-source="post: 90861" data-attributes="member: 3485"><p>Here's a site that sells all sizes and brands of batteries for very cheap. They have AA's for as little as $0.08 ea (US) (non-alkaline) or $0.23 ea for Duracell alkaline (made in China; $0.28 for made in USA) batteries. You have to buy several thousand to get them that low but you can get consumer-size lots at, e.g., $0.40 each for the US-made Duracell alkaline AAs.</p><p></p><p>This site was linked to by a blog I looked at that did an investigation into the "32 AAs from one 6V lantern battery" claim. Apparently it is theoretically possible to link 8 AAs in parallel to make a 1.5V cell and then link 4 of these in series to get a 6V battery; and 32 would fit into the 6V case in two 4X4 layers. However nobody seems to have located a brand of 6V that actually does this. Even if you could locate one it would not be any more cost effective and a lot more effort than ordering from the website.</p><p></p><p>on the other hand I have no idea how reliable this site is. <em>Caveat emptor</em>.</p><p></p><p> <a href="http://cheapbatteries.com/" target="_blank">cheapbatteries.com</a> </p><p></p><p>(PS I'm not a conspiracy buff but I wonder if battery manufacturers loosed this viral video on the Internet to pump up sales of 6V lantern batteries!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HereWeGoAgain, post: 90861, member: 3485"] Here's a site that sells all sizes and brands of batteries for very cheap. They have AA's for as little as $0.08 ea (US) (non-alkaline) or $0.23 ea for Duracell alkaline (made in China; $0.28 for made in USA) batteries. You have to buy several thousand to get them that low but you can get consumer-size lots at, e.g., $0.40 each for the US-made Duracell alkaline AAs. This site was linked to by a blog I looked at that did an investigation into the "32 AAs from one 6V lantern battery" claim. Apparently it is theoretically possible to link 8 AAs in parallel to make a 1.5V cell and then link 4 of these in series to get a 6V battery; and 32 would fit into the 6V case in two 4X4 layers. However nobody seems to have located a brand of 6V that actually does this. Even if you could locate one it would not be any more cost effective and a lot more effort than ordering from the website. on the other hand I have no idea how reliable this site is. [i]Caveat emptor[/i]. [url="http://cheapbatteries.com/"]cheapbatteries.com[/url] (PS I'm not a conspiracy buff but I wonder if battery manufacturers loosed this viral video on the Internet to pump up sales of 6V lantern batteries!) [/QUOTE]
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