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A Man Powers Home for 8 Years Using 1k Old Laptop Batteries (techoreon.com)
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[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I wonder where he got the batteries. Most discarded recyclable batteries are discarded because they no longer hold a charge.

[–] Hamknight@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

From what I've seen, it's usually just one of two dead cells per battery pack. It's just a lil dangerous to dismantle and rebuild them.

[–] adeoxymus@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I know some fellows that visit the local dump weekly looking for electronics with the sole intent of collecting batteries and making this sort of thing. I guess it just requires strong consistency. Very cool though!