I wish cell phone makers would learn from this, I would be happy if they would make a phone that's slightly thicker to gain hours of battery life. but no, everyone wants to make everything as thin as possible...
Imagine for a minute, that there was a device that could boost the battery voltage to 1.05V... You'd get another hundred hours... Something small enough to clip onto the battery before you install it into the compartment... Wonder if anyone could ever find something like that...
Also, in my experience, 9V batteries are also harder to find these days, my impression is that the market seems to be focusing on AA and to a lesser degree on AAA for non-rechargeable devices.... You can still generally find AA and AAA in random corner stores but not so much other types.
Good think piece! I also really like the Saturn VI rocket model in the background. I worked for Boeing, and one of the Washington State sites had a 7 foot tall model of it in the lobby of one of the buildings. That was cool as well. I so wanted to take off the third stage! 😆
The big bonus is the battery cost for AA is the best, AAA cost about double AA with half the life. I hate electronics that use AAA batteries for that reason, half the life for double the cost.
I am using AA NiMH accumulators everywhere, so 4 x AA was a very good choice. I really like it. And 9V batteries are quite expensive if you need to replace them often and the 9V accumulators don't worky very well.
I am sick and tired of finding devices that are big enough for AA but require AAA instead. Someone should slap those engineers in the face. What planet do they live on?!
I wish cell phone makers would learn from this, I would be happy if they would make a phone that's slightly thicker to gain hours of battery life. but no, everyone wants to make everything as thin as possible...
Mixing cell types and dead cells with new?
Imagine for a minute, that there was a device that could boost the battery voltage to 1.05V... You'd get another hundred hours... Something small enough to clip onto the battery before you install it into the compartment... Wonder if anyone could ever find something like that...
Also, in my experience, 9V batteries are also harder to find these days, my impression is that the market seems to be focusing on AA and to a lesser degree on AAA for non-rechargeable devices.... You can still generally find AA and AAA in random corner stores but not so much other types.
Love the channel! Can't wait to buy a 121gw to support the channel!
I have actually been putting off getting a logging multimeter for awhile to get my self one of these
My decades old Fluke uses a 9v. In 20-30 years, I've replaced it twice. (that I can recall) I also have a few museum quality
Interesting to hear how you came to the choice to use AA batteries.
Could always use with a batteriser ?
i haven't seen any other mfg make videos on why they made the decisions they did... thank you, Dave.
looks and sounds like a great meter.. Kudos
Good think piece! I also really like the Saturn VI rocket model in the background. I worked for Boeing, and one of the Washington State sites had a 7 foot tall model of it in the lobby of one of the buildings. That was cool as well. I so wanted to take off the third stage! 😆
The big bonus is the battery cost for AA is the best, AAA cost about double AA with half the life. I hate electronics that use AAA batteries for that reason, half the life for double the cost.
I am using AA NiMH accumulators everywhere, so 4 x AA was a very good choice. I really like it. And 9V batteries are quite expensive if you need to replace them often and the 9V accumulators don't worky very well.
My Hioki 3231 has 2 AA batteries. It's about 25 years old (and still works). If anyone cares :)
Personally I don't mind the double A's. Always have decent ones lying around.
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great video as normal Dave
I wish cell phone makers would stop being stupid trying to make things to thin to hold, let alone actually hold a decent battery
I am sick and tired of finding devices that are big enough for AA but require AAA instead. Someone should slap those engineers in the face. What planet do they live on?!