The clerks at my local Radio $hack have obviously taken a course in Stupidity 101, or they think I just fell off the turnip truck. They don't have a clue about anything but the cell phones they hawk. Asking $59.95 for a digital camera battery that I can get online for $5.95 or at Wal-mart next door for $10.98.
MisterBeasley wrote:Radio $hack clerks don't last very long, no matter what size they are.As usual, MR forum advice is better than what you'll get from most generic retail types. The sad part it, he's really ill-informed, and a lot of his customers don't realize that they're getting advice from someone who's relatively knowledge-free himself.
Radio $hack clerks don't last very long, no matter what size they are.
As usual, MR forum advice is better than what you'll get from most generic retail types. The sad part it, he's really ill-informed, and a lot of his customers don't realize that they're getting advice from someone who's relatively knowledge-free himself.
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MisterBeasley wrote:Radio $hack clerks don't last very long, no matter what size they are.
MisterBeasley wrote: As usual, MR forum advice is better than what you'll get from most generic retail types. The sad part it, he's really ill-informed, and a lot of his customers don't realize that they're getting advice from someone who's relatively knowledge-free himself.
Aint that the truth!
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Starting with the basic 1.5V flashlight battery, if you connect them in series, adding one battery increases the voltage 1.5V - out to the ridiculous of connecting 100 batteries end-to-end to get 150 volts.
If one battery is connected in parallel to a second battery, that increases the total amperage available to the circuit while maintaining a 1.5V output.
Flashlight cells of any size or combination of sizes can be connected in parallel without problems. Cells in series should all be the same size, since the current output of the circuit will be that of the smallest-capacity cell in series. Theoretically, it would be possible to put a AAA cell in series with a 6V lantern battery to get 7.5V output - but the current would be limited to that of the AAA cell.
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
As usual the Crappy Shack minion doesn't have a clue!
One of the reasons why I don't really miss Radio Shack all that much.
If the batteries are connected +-+- the voltage is 3V if connected --++ then it's 1.5v and size matter's a d size last's longer then AAA.
Dave
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I just don't know who the dumb one is.
I was in a Radio Shack yesterday and the clerk told me all size 1.5V batteries last the same amount of time and that if you connect two batteries together you always get 3V.
I thought larger batteries lasted longer and if you hook a group of 1.5V batteries together in parallel you still have 1.5V.
Who has this right?