Introduction: Free Nine Volt Battery Clips and Small Enclosures
Recycle your "dead" 9v batteries into something useful and help save the planet.
Step 1: Tools and Supplies
Tools:
Soldering iron
Flat head screwdriver
Supplies:
A 9 volt battery with a metal case (I recommend Duracell)
Solder
Two small bits of wire
Step 2: Open the Case
Use your screwdriver and pliers to carefully pry back the top of the case and empty all the contents of the battery.
Step 3: What You'll Find Inside
What should come out of the battery is 6 AAAA cells, the bottom cover, the top cover, and the case itself. If you had lollipops, a small rodent, and a sock come out of the battery then you may have done something wrong.
Step 4: Making the Battery Clip
Heat up your soldering iron and solder two your two wires onto the contacts on the back of the top cover.
Step 5: The Case
The Battery case can have many purposes. Some examples are: Flashlights, Holders for small electronic parts. Use your imagination. Check out my other instructable on how to turn it into an electric hand warmer/heater https://www.instructables.com/id/Electric_Hand_Warmer/
Step 6: The Cells
For more information about the AAAA cells and how you can use them see kipkays 9 volt battery hack. https://www.instructables.com/id/9_Volt_Battery_Hack/
Step 7: Thanks
I hope you enjoyed my instructable and keep doing whatever you can to save our planet. Please vote at the top of this page and feel free to comment/rate, all I ask is that you post no insulting comments considering I'm only 13.
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20 Comments
12 years ago on Introduction
if anyone wants to know where to get free nine volts, make friends with a sound guy. my brother's a sound guy at my church, and I was looking for a place to get nine volts for cheap. I then remembered that sound guys follow the mantra of "better safe than sorry" and replace batteries after every use. I asked him, and he showed me a drawer full of batteries, just waiting to be donated to home depot for use in their equipment (where dying batteries isn't such a disaster). I tested them with my nine volt flashlight, and sure enough, about ninety percent were good. I now have 22 perfectly good nine volts waiting to power my stuff.
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
I have not run across any 9V flashlights did u make it or purchase one, I would like to have one.
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
I made it. it's a pretty cool build, trying to fit all those lights in a teeny tiny space. they're pretty fun to make.
14 years ago on Introduction
I did this in order to remove 2 aaaa's to make a 6v pack. My battery didn't have the round batteries, it had 6 rectangular cells stacked on top of each other and fused together. seems like it's a better use of the volume and might last longer... I'd post a pic but can't find my camera.
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
I've had that happen. thankfully I only wanted the clip, although I was a bit confused when I opened it.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
For anyone interested, so far rayovac and fuji novel batteries do not have the AAAA batteries.
14 years ago on Introduction
panasonic-yes energiser-yes ultra life-yes Duracell-some but not all DieHard-no EverReady-no lithium 9v batteries have 3 3.2 cells some brands of cheaper carbon zinc only have 5 1.5v cells.
14 years ago on Introduction
Nicely done.
14 years ago on Introduction
Being 13 is stupid! None of the cool kids are 13. hah. jk. Nice I'ble. I like this one because you get 2 new parts out of it, both of which can be used in subsequent projects. The male/female design of the 9V battery clip makes it reversible, so that's nice. You should write an I'ble that uses it!
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
LaxLurvr is 13 lol
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
I know that. That's why I said it.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
and me :P
14 years ago on Introduction
so much for my first i'ble
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
What?
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
this was my idea for my first instrucitable. oh well.
14 years ago on Introduction
Please remember to rate the instructable! :-)
14 years ago on Introduction
its already on instructable, more than 3 times. good tough
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
one of those 3 was posted on my other account ( I almost completely changed the instructable) and I spoke to the author of the other one.
14 years ago on Introduction
Awesome!
14 years ago on Introduction
WOW cool idea!! Way to go.