Interesting Battery Tech

[GWguy]

I assume it's some kind of miniature DC-to-DC inverter which boosts the low battery voltage to 1.5V. It would sure cut down on batteries heading to the dump.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/02/technology/make-battery-last-longer-batteriser/index.html?

AA batteries start off with 1.5 volts of energy, but the voltage goes down as the batteries are used up. Once the batteries dip below 1.35 volts, they appear to be dead, even though they still have a lot of juice left.

Batteriser can continue to deliver a 1.5 volt charge from batteries that have actually discharged down to 0.6 volts.

 

[Blister]

Very interesting if true.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2928997/batteriser-is-a-250-gadget-that-extends-disposable-battery-life-by-800-percent.html

 

[PeoplesElbow]

Not really, ever see a dim flashlight, the flashlight is dim because the voltage is low. Now leave the flashlight on, it will get dimmer and dimmer pretty quick until it goes out completely.

Upping the voltage with a DC-DC converter will just result in more amperage being drawn from the battery which makes its voltage sag even farther.

Some electronics do need almost the full new voltage of alkaline batteries, but devices like flashlights do not. I had a Sony digital camera that could only get a few shots out of alkaline batteries but they could be used for other things like flashlights after they could no longer power the camera. This camera only took 2 batteries, the ones that took 4 did not have this problem. This device would be idea for that 2 battery Sony camera but wouldn't do much for a 4 battery one.