The Picard Maneuver to [email protected]English • 4 months agoI even remember taking batteries from a smoke detector once.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1449arrow-down110
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•4 months agoWe just bought new smoke detectors and they take AA, I bought a 9v just out of assumption and got home and was blown away
minus-squareGladiusBlinkfedilinkEnglish-3•4 months ago9v are just two AAs wrapped together. So not surprised.
minus-square@randombulletlinkEnglish3•4 months agoEh not quite. AA are 1.5v so two would only be 3v. You might be thinking of the big 6v lantern batteries. They’re usually 4 x 1.5v cells together.
minus-squareGladiusBlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoI thought I watched some YouTube video where they linked them and it worked. But who knows how accurate the numbers were. I guess not since you know.
We just bought new smoke detectors and they take AA, I bought a 9v just out of assumption and got home and was blown away
9v are just two AAs wrapped together. So not surprised.
Eh not quite. AA are 1.5v so two would only be 3v.
You might be thinking of the big 6v lantern batteries. They’re usually 4 x 1.5v cells together.
I thought I watched some YouTube video where they linked them and it worked. But who knows how accurate the numbers were. I guess not since you know.