Topic

car batteries

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   1 100 car batteries wired in parallel!

   styropyro 11 people · 9 months · since Oct 2023

   StyroPyro's experiments with a huge bank of car batteries, linked as an entertaining demonstration of what very high current does at low voltage and why shorts are dangerous.

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   2 Jump Start a Car with AA Batteries

   ElectroBOOM 5 people · 5 months · since Jul 2015

   Enjoyed as an informative stunt in which ElectroBOOM starts a car from AA cells, and cited as proof that a weak battery can be nudged back into service.

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   3 12V BoostPack. Replaces auto battery. Works great!

   lasersaber 6 people · 4 months · since Apr 2013

   A hobbyist replacing a car starter battery with a supercapacitor bank, often cited in debates about whether the idea is practical outside of experiments.

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   4 Vaporising a Nail with a Car Battery

   Felix Olsson 3 people · 3 months · since May 2020

   Used as a vivid warning that low voltage can still be dangerous, showing the heat a metal tool produces when shorting a car battery.

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   5 Shorting Out a 12V Car Battery

   Andrew Hennessy 3 people · 3 months · since Apr 2015

   Demonstrates a deliberately shorted car battery, linked as a warning about the danger of accidental shorts, including through metal jewellery.