gmcjetpilot
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I have a box of old 9v bats from smoke alarms and such. Well many are in the 8's, 7's volts but most around mid 6 volts. They should be good for something?
Well The Davtron M811 clock has a memory stay alive input of 6 volts. They use to sell an expensive 6 volt mercury battery, which which is just attached (soldered) to wire leads outside the clock. Davtron now recommends (4) AA's and make it yourself. Most new Alkaline 1.5 volt bats start out at about 1.6 volts, so (4) will give 6.4 volts, which is safe. I called and asked for max volts. They said 6.4 volts would be fine, but couldn't give me a max voltage. However connecting standby leads to ship power (12.5-14.5 volts) leads will cause damage apparently.
What other uses for an old 9v volt battery, run down to about 6.5 volts, are there?
Before you say it will not work it does. I just got done with testing a 9 volt battery (starting at 6.45v). It lasted 6.5 months in my Davtron M811 clock. It was still going, maintaining time. The final volts was about 3.8 volts.
There might be some other uses for old batteries?
Even though 6.5 months is about half or a third of a new pack of AA's, its not bad. The nice part of using the 9v (6.5 volt) is its free, small and connects with small battery clip.
Any old battery use suggestions?
Well The Davtron M811 clock has a memory stay alive input of 6 volts. They use to sell an expensive 6 volt mercury battery, which which is just attached (soldered) to wire leads outside the clock. Davtron now recommends (4) AA's and make it yourself. Most new Alkaline 1.5 volt bats start out at about 1.6 volts, so (4) will give 6.4 volts, which is safe. I called and asked for max volts. They said 6.4 volts would be fine, but couldn't give me a max voltage. However connecting standby leads to ship power (12.5-14.5 volts) leads will cause damage apparently.
What other uses for an old 9v volt battery, run down to about 6.5 volts, are there?
Before you say it will not work it does. I just got done with testing a 9 volt battery (starting at 6.45v). It lasted 6.5 months in my Davtron M811 clock. It was still going, maintaining time. The final volts was about 3.8 volts.
There might be some other uses for old batteries?
Even though 6.5 months is about half or a third of a new pack of AA's, its not bad. The nice part of using the 9v (6.5 volt) is its free, small and connects with small battery clip.
Any old battery use suggestions?
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