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Emergency Battery Package and Desk Lamp

Emergency Battery Package and Desk Lamp
Sometimes your laptop computer, your lamp or even your car need to be powered and what you have are batteries only.

I have had the experience on using 20 AA batteries (packaged in 15V) to jump start my car.

In case of emergency, maybe you can power EVERY DEVICE which you MUST.
 
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Step 1What you need

what you need
what you need are very simple:

1.batteries
2.aluminum foil for cooking
3.tape
4.bulb(for this example - desk lamp)
5.some chipboard cut from box
6.knife
7.scissors
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15 comments
Jun 26, 2009. 12:58 PMsharlston says:
it looked like some bullets when i first saw the first image lol
Dec 12, 2008. 7:26 PMLinuxH4x0r says:
This might be valid, but jump starting a car is absolute BS
Jun 23, 2009. 2:36 AMit_dont_work says:
i think that may of just been luck. the pack kept my laptop going for about 12 minutes. i powered it through the dc charger port tho not direct to the battery terminals as the regulator circuit is inside my laptop battery and the charger regulator is inside the laptop.
Mar 3, 2009. 12:56 PMReCreate says:
it would work for a laptop...for only about 5 to ten minutes laptop batteries are about 5 amps the cells are about double the size of AA My AA battery pack compared to my Laptops battery pack makes it look like the AA is a mini version of the large one
May 3, 2009. 9:37 PMsnowpenguin says:
It's meant to be a last straw. (duh!)
May 4, 2009. 11:25 AMReCreate says:
The...last straw?
Mar 12, 2009. 6:52 AMwperry1 says:
This is great.
Jan 23, 2009. 8:14 PMoptimized4perfection says:
9v batteries stack easily w/o tape
Dec 17, 2008. 2:18 PMPortuboi says:
I gave mine a try and it worked but the aluminium foil was really really hot after.
Dec 17, 2008. 7:07 PMawang8 says:
Wouldn't this quickly drain your battery? I know my 12v desk lamps are all 50w, they don't sell others.
Dec 14, 2008. 3:06 PM=SMART= says:
thats pretty cool !!

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