Posts Tagged ‘battery’

Cheap Battery Conversion Hacks

If you find yourself needing some AAA batteries but only have a 9Volt available, or you need some D-Cells and only have C’s lying around - here are the solutions:

9V to AAA

Rip open the 9V casing with some pliers and retrieve the ‘AAAA’ battery cells, which will fit in most AAA battery slots (remote control etc).

C to D Cell

Grab those C Cells and throw them in your device with… » Continue

June 25 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: battery, hack | 4 comments»

AA and AAA “Free” Battery Hacks

Two hacks on batteries surfaced recently. One on AA battery and the other one on AAA battery.

Personal Finance Advice discovers all disposable cameras have a battery (usually AA battery) in them which are there for powering the flash. Most of the time, when you take your disposable camera to develop your firm, the store will open the camera, get the film and throw it away. So it is possible… » Continue

December 27 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: battery, hardware, Lifehack | 2 comments»

10 Ways to Extend Laptop Battery Life

When you travel with your laptop, you would want long battery life. It’s extremely important when you travel on the plane, where you have all the time to be productive, but the battery couldn’t last as long as your concentration - ouch. Looks no further though, Sam Phillips at On The Beach suggests 10 ways to extend your laptop battery life:

Only run what you need
Kill extraneous process
Be gentle
Adjust your screen

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December 5 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: battery, hardware, travel | 3 comments»

10 Tips on Maximizing Laptop Battery Performance

Jeremy Toeman, a frequent flyer, experimented number of ways to maximize battery life for his laptop - and he has developed a list of tips on get the best maximize time out of the laptop battery. He suggests 10 of them: