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Power a TV with an AAA Battery! It is on the internets, so it must be true! http://bnsn.com/Vy
Power a TV with an AAA Battery !!!
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Who would have thunk?
Now I have to go home and try that just to see #1 if it can really be done and #2 how long the battery will last.
Now I have to go home and try that just to see #1 if it can really be done and #2 how long the battery will last.
rebecca100
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It is a fake. tried it then read where they say it is a fake. Felt stupid afterwards.
justusnak
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rebecca100 said:
NOPT laughing AT you, laughing WITH you.- Thread starter
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It's just too funny because there are so many ways it wouldn't work. The big ones:
Batteries are Direct Current. TV's (that plug into a house outlet) are Alternating Current
A battery is 1.5 volts and a TV uses 110 volts (ya, that's a big difference)
Even if you stepped up the voltage on an AA battery and converted it to AC you wouldn't have enough electrical "juice" in an AA battery to even make the thing blink.
I just thought the video was funny because they are so serious and make it sound legit. It has been viewed about 2.5 million times, so I can only imagine how many people have given this a try.
Batteries are Direct Current. TV's (that plug into a house outlet) are Alternating Current
A battery is 1.5 volts and a TV uses 110 volts (ya, that's a big difference)
Even if you stepped up the voltage on an AA battery and converted it to AC you wouldn't have enough electrical "juice" in an AA battery to even make the thing blink.
I just thought the video was funny because they are so serious and make it sound legit. It has been viewed about 2.5 million times, so I can only imagine how many people have given this a try.
FarmerDenise
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yup, and laughing with you
patandchickens
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Probably includes most of the people on BYC who pop up all full of plans to run coop heat lamps off a $15 solar panel and no batteryNifty said:
Pat
Though this is nothing but a joke it can be done:
A triple A battery has about 2 watts available, series 8 of them to get 12 volts then parallel 12 groups of 8 to get 100 watts, that will power a small LCD TV for about 30 minutes (including inverter drain). So $100 for 200 AAA batteries you can save a full one penny in electricity. In comparison a D cell battery has about 20 watts and would only need 40 of those.
A triple A battery has about 2 watts available, series 8 of them to get 12 volts then parallel 12 groups of 8 to get 100 watts, that will power a small LCD TV for about 30 minutes (including inverter drain). So $100 for 200 AAA batteries you can save a full one penny in electricity. In comparison a D cell battery has about 20 watts and would only need 40 of those.
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That's a LOT of batteries!
BTW, I didn't understand the "save a full penny in electricity"? You're not meaning compared to KW/Hour rate charged by electric company, right?
Yes, from the electric company it costs me 10 cents for 1000 watts so for 100 watts it is only 1 cent.Nifty said:
That's a LOT of batteries!
BTW, I didn't understand the "save a full penny in electricity"? You're not meaning compared to KW/Hour rate charged by electric company, right?
