How To Hack a 6 Volt Lantern Battery!

8 Comments By Tal Siach on September 19th, 2007 in How to and Hacks

Update: Based on user’s feedback, we noticed that the 6V battery hack (with video below) is a hoax. The 12 V battery hack with the link below is possible though. Please accept our apologies.

We previously posted a video that showed how to turn a 12v battery into eight small 1.5v to power up small electronics (here).

Today’s cool video shows quickly how to hack a 6 volt lantern battery to 32 AA sized ones. Since AA batteries are so popular, this simple trick can easily help you save hundreds of dollars a year. The reason is that the approximate price of a 6v lantern battery is only $5.

There is an additional video on Youtube demonstrating that this may not work with every lantern battery (here).

If you know how to determine which batteries the video below is for, please let everyone know within the comments.

Enjoy the video!

Via: Lifehacker

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8 Responses to “How To Hack a 6 Volt Lantern Battery!”

  1. How To Hack a 6 Volt Lantern Battery. Says:
    September 20th, 2007 at 3:16 pm

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  2. John Says:
    September 23rd, 2007 at 1:15 am

    Thanks for the tech tips.
    An SU thumbs up!!
    I will bookmark this site.

  3. Tal Siach Says:
    September 23rd, 2007 at 2:29 am

    Hey John! Thank you for your nice comment.
    We are really happy you found the tips useful. We would love to see you around soon!

  4. Dave Says:
    October 1st, 2007 at 8:16 pm

    This does not work with energizer…so be cautious about which battery you use.

  5. Tal Siach Says:
    October 1st, 2007 at 9:43 pm

    Hello Dave, thank you for your comment.

    It seems that it does not work with other brands as well as Energizer. In fact, based on some feedback from users, we believe this is actually a hoax.

  6. Jennifer Says:
    October 2nd, 2007 at 11:42 pm

    With Energizer, and with many other brands, opening the 6V battery up will yield 4 F, also known as “Long D”, batteries. Now that I’ve spent the money on them, does anybody know what I might be able to use them for?

  7. The Walyou Team Says:
    October 3rd, 2007 at 1:58 am

    Hey Jennifer, I looked around on the internet and found a couple of uses for F-sized batteries.
    1. Ideal for power intensive devices like E-bike, Radios, Boom Boxes, Remote Control Cars, and much more.
    2. Perfect for portable or emergency power source for Medical applications, transportation, communication and power tools
    Hope this helps!

  8. Gertrude Bullock Says:
    January 10th, 2009 at 11:46 pm

    hi
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    good luck

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