On 5/5/2016 5:00 PM, Winston_Smith wrote:
On Thu, 5 May 2016 18:37:31 -0400, Stormin Mormon wrote:

I've been tempted by battery packs. However, I
also remember taking apart square Duracell 6 volt
lantern batteries. The one or two I've done have
D cells inside, with a cardboard spacer and some
metal to conduct electricity. I've also found they
usually have one dead cell, and three which work
fine. Lot to be said for loose cells.

Cut open a NiMH or NiCd C or D cell. You will find an AA cell inside.
In the GE's I cut open, tipped off by the identical Ahr ratings, the
AA cell even had the label on it just like the ones they sold as AA.


That's because you buy cheap flea-bay crap batteries.


Try some real full-capacity batteries from Amazon:

http://smile.amazon.com/Binford-6100/dp/B0040IAZ0S/