A Man Powers Home for 8 Years Using 1,000 Old Laptop Batteries
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A man has managed to power his home for eight years with a system using more than 1,000 recycled laptop batteries. This ingenious project, based on the use of
  • Quilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I wonder where he got the batteries. Most discarded recyclable batteries are discarded because they no longer hold a charge.

    • Hamknight@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago

      From what I’ve seen, it’s usually just one of two dead cells per battery pack. It’s just a lil dangerous to dismantle and rebuild them.

    • adeoxymus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago

      I know some fellows that visit the local dump weekly looking for electronics with the sole intent of collecting batteries and making this sort of thing. I guess it just requires strong consistency. Very cool though!