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Title: Is this one of life's greatest Mysteries/Rip-offs?
Post by: markfree on 13 November 2009, 19:53:10: I bought (today) 2 x 9v batteries (brand new) at a cost of approx £5 - if I was to buy 2 x 12v car batteries (brand new) it would cost me well over £100 - so for an extra 3v I would be paying roughly 20 times as much - is this a rip-off or what :-[

No doubt this is a very simplistic way of expressing it; and probably it's something to do with with mega amps per hour and size of cells/whatever (I'm no electrician) but car batteries do seem extraordinarily expensive >:(
Title: Re: Is this one of life's greatest Mysteries/Rip-offs?
Post by: Pitchfork on 13 November 2009, 19:55:16: Hey man- it's the Acid!! ;D
Title: Re: Is this one of life's greatest Mysteries/Rip-offs?
Post by: rob in gib on 13 November 2009, 20:01:51: Simple answer buy 8x 1.5v AA batteries connect them end to end mesure voltage and hey presto 12v then try using them to try and start a your motor ;)
Title: Re: Is this one of life's greatest Mysteries/Rip-offs?
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 13 November 2009, 20:26:27: Quote
Simple answer buy 8x 1.5v AA batteries connect them end to end mesure voltage and hey presto 12v then try using them to try and start a your motor ;)

Who is going to forward this to the Brainiacs team then. ::)
Title: Re: Is this one of life's greatest Mysteries/Rip-offs?
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 13 November 2009, 20:58:10: Quote
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Simple answer buy 8x 1.5v AA batteries connect them end to end mesure voltage and hey presto 12v then try using them to try and start a your motor ;)

Who is going to forward this to the Brainiacs team then. ::)

probably the car wont feel that voltage ;D ;D
Title: Re: Is this one of life's greatest Mysteries/Rip-offs?
Post by: rob in gib on 13 November 2009, 21:06:10: Quote
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Simple answer buy 8x 1.5v AA batteries connect them end to end mesure voltage and hey presto 12v then try using them to try and start a your motor ;)

Who is going to forward this to the Brainiacs team then. ::)

probably the car wont feel that voltage ;D ;D

Most cars actually use 12v lol but amps now theres something :y :y :y :y :y :y
Title: Re: Is this one of life's greatest Mysteries/Rip-offs?
Post by: Ziad on 13 November 2009, 21:44:45: Quote
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Simple answer buy 8x 1.5v AA batteries connect them end to end mesure voltage and hey presto 12v then try using them to try and start a your motor ;)

Who is going to forward this to the Brainiacs team then. ::)

probably the car wont feel that voltage ;D ;D

Most cars actually use 12v lol but amps now theres something :y :y :y :y :y :y

Agreed ;D ;D ;D :y
Title: Re: Is this one of life's greatest Mysteries/Rip-offs?
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 13 November 2009, 22:13:30: 8 * 1.5 volt batteries will have microscobic amperes compared to original car battery ;D
Title: Re: Is this one of life's greatest Mysteries/Rip-offs?
Post by: TheBoy on 13 November 2009, 22:16:32: get a costco membership, and get around 10 duracel 9v pp3 for 7 or 8 quid ;D
Title: Re: Is this one of life's greatest Mysteries/Rip-offs?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 13 November 2009, 22:43:43: Quote
get a costco membership, and get around 10 duracel 9v pp3 for 7 or 8 quid ;D

You'll still need about a grand's worth of them to start an Omega. ;D

Kevin
Title: Re: Is this one of life's greatest Mysteries/Rip-offs?
Post by: Ghost on 14 November 2009, 00:39:53: The smaller batterys dont have the amps.
try it with a 12V bulb and see if it works.
not enough power ie amps/watts