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Default AA-sized conductor (fake battery) wanted

On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 06:13:55 -0500, JW wrote:

On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:22:07 -0800 Jeff Liebermann
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Find a dead AA battery. Make sure it's totally discharged. Wrap with
aluminum foil. Instant shorted battery.


I'd be worried that it'd start leaking.


Add another layer of aluminum foil wrap. It will take a while for the
electrolyte to eat its way through two layers of aluminum foil.

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