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[–] [email protected] 146 points 9 months ago (4 children)

You can really see the spark of creativity with this idea

[–] [email protected] 39 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

this one truly does spark joy...

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think the handle's a little short

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The maker is probably not aware of the current battery sizes

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He might be schocked by a batteries potential

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

We don't know. There is no banana for scale.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

And warmer!

[–] [email protected] 50 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I once made a deadplug, I was kinda distracted and ended up with a cable with two male plugs. Hangs on my shop wall as memento for "focus on what you're doing" or something.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago

Reminds me of this.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 9 months ago (3 children)

In short, this is a battery handle.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It will unleash the battery's potential

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Perhaps, but I think we’ll see a high level of resistance.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

That might be a hot take.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 44 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (8 children)

Considering that a 12V battery has an internal resistance of 20 milliohms, the potential current through this thing would be approximately 600A.

It might be too hot to handle (pun intended)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

You can also get that from just the label. The CCA rating (cold cranking amps) is the max current that specific battery can supply in short bursts. 600 CCA is pretty typical, but I've seen up to 900 in the batteries I ship.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just remember to cut it when you dispose the battery, so that sea turtles won't get stuck in it.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 9 months ago (7 children)
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[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It was the last thing they made

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago

With that hand, anyway.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Say you made this, but insulated... does a car battery have enough structural strength in the terminals, though? I imagine you're left holding a handle with two terminals and half a cell stuck to each.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

I work in an auto parts warehouse:

Yeah, they'd be fine. It's surprisingly difficult to break them apart. The load would spread out to almost the full width of the battery on either end (ie the plates attached to the terminals against the underside of the lid). Some of the models I ship use plastic straps that hook onto the seam between the lid and base and you can really toss em around before they take damage. (some people are less than gentle with parts :/ but I'm not the manager so 🤷)

Some of the larger batteries with screw terminals might not survive, but the ones where these clamp style are used would be fine.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (4 children)

And a face full of acid, I imagine

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You just gotta use long screws to firmly connect it to the battery, or else it slips off.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago

Took me a min to realize...

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I am a "ask me anything" Tech, ask me anything!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How long can you hold the handle once it's attached to a fully loaded battery?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

electroBOOM ⚡

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

Why does it smell like BBQ in here?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

that's a killer gadget!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (7 children)

If it's plastic, then it's fine.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Users are calling it a shockingly good invention.

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