• kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    A few of us electronics hobbyists have been collecting them (when found discarded on the street) to harvest the battery for re-use in other projects.

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    Yes they’re nasty, but I pick them up with a dog poo bag and clean them before cracking them open to get the battery.

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      11 months ago

      You can also use them as mini fog machines if you hook up a small pump. I build dioramas and have been experimenting with them.

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      11 months ago

      I have a small collection from friends that use the disposables. What do you use them for? I had the idea to make keychain flash lights or a battery conversion of some kind.

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        11 months ago

        At the moment I have several strings of LED Christmas lights on various houseplants that are powered by salvaged batteries.

        Also a dollar store magnetic “spotlight” that I modified and have mounted to the chest freezer in the basement so I can see what’s in there.