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I'd say you'd get similar mileage, if I recall AAs have like 1.6ah on average and the AAAs have like 800mah, so just around half the life span. Still a pretty good amount of time
Since the foil is directly connecting the batteries the pennies are mostly just holding things in place here, although if you were to stack coins and skip the fool they would work for that as well
Depends on when the pennies were made. Technically modern zinc pennies (post 1982) have limited conductivity, but traditional copper pennies are much more conductive. Ask me how I know
So going to lots of thrift stores and buying lots of used stuff over the years, I've come to realize... kids like to put coins and cards in slots. Like unsupervised kids will absolutely shove Pokemon cards, baseball cards, business cards in vent slots. And put coins inbetween piano keys. And just...anywhere really.
So awhile back I bought a PS2 racing wheel & pedals to play modern arcade racing games when I finally build myself a gaming PC. Then I realized there were a bunch of coins inside the pedal controller. This really irritated me so I took it apart & got all these old pennies out.
Fast forward a few years. Now it's a couple weeks ago & I finally got my gaming PC built and all set up. I'm trying out later Sega racing games like Initial D and Outrun. All is well and I hook up the racing wheel and pedals to my USB adapter, and I'm running my controller test program. Everything works except the gas pedal, button 4. Pressing it, no input registers. So I take apart the pedal controller again. And I realize there is something wrong with the accelerometer/micro controller wired to the gas pedal. It was not seated properly so I reseat it & try pressing the gas pedal again. This time, my test program displays all 12 buttons register simultaneously, & now smoke is coming out of the microcontroller. I quickly unplug it so it doesn't catch on fire, and it dawns on me: When the kid stuck the copper pennies into the gas pedal gap, the copper bridged multiple solder points on the microcontroller, causing it to short.
So anyway I'm looking for a new gas pedal controller now
when I dug my 360 out of storage, I had the original controllers but not the battery holders. I did, however, have some garbage ass rechargeable packs that were long dead. luckily the rechargeable packs had cells very similar in size to AAA batteries, so I was able to remove the guts and rig up some AAAs in there until I got some proper battery holder backs
I connected my old wired controllers negative and positive wires to the springs on my wireless 360 controller and used the back box to hold it in place and now I have a wired Bluetooth 360 remote🤣
I had to do this as a child, I HATED the fact that the Xbox controller was battery powered. (Since we was po).
Luckily for me I got a ps3 the year that lbp2 came out, and never REALLY looked back.
Did this as a kid cause I didn't have a charger or the battery pack for it. My Dad saw me do that and yelled at me for doing it telling me that it was a fire hazard and the next time I did it my 360 was going into the trash. Never did it again after that
This reminds me, a few years ago I wanted to play split screen fm4 but didn't have a second AA battery holder as well as no charger or cable for the battery packs, so I looked online and found out that there's just some conductive material(zinc if I had to guess) at the bottom of those AA holders.
Some failed attempts later + being distracted by the game I was playing at the time, I wound up with a cardboard + aluminium foil combo of a battery holder that actually does exactly what it needs to. Didn't even need to tape it to the controller despite it obviously not having a clip.
Sooo anyway nobody wound up playing fm4 with me, so all that effort went to waste :(
Oldest trick in the book. It’s how I played a chunk of Xbox 360 back then. I remember when I finally got a proper battery pack it felt weird because I was used to having my controller taped up like crazy
Lmfao this brings me back to my childhood. I remember having to do this for my gameboy until my grandma found out and was horrified that I’d start a fire so she bought me a Costco pack of batteries and I don’t remember ever running out after then. lol
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This is upsetting
The pennies are like a red hot cherry on top of a fire hazard cake.
Thanks, I needed a laugh today
Not really a fire hazard
Yeah not the kind of amperage here to cause that.
One seems to be a dime
This changes everything
Yeah, AA and AAA batteries are both 1.5 volts. They are functionally the same voltage source so they will work, but probably not for very long.
I'd say you'd get similar mileage, if I recall AAs have like 1.6ah on average and the AAAs have like 800mah, so just around half the life span. Still a pretty good amount of time
If it is half the capacity then surely it is also half the "mileage"?
Yeah, but for an Xbox controller that's like 6 hours to 3 hours or something similar, still plenty of gaming time
mine are 950mAh AAA and 2400mAh AA
Sadly I use rayovac batteries like a filthy neanderthal
there are 1000mAh AAAs and 2500mAh AAs too
the max you’ll find is 2800mAh AA
A typical Alkaline AA battery has about 2.4aH, and a AAA usually tops out at about 1aH.
Using pennies to make the batteries reach is something I've never seen
really? this was common back then
Does it actually conduct electricity or is it just holding the batteries in place?
Since the foil is directly connecting the batteries the pennies are mostly just holding things in place here, although if you were to stack coins and skip the fool they would work for that as well
Depends on when the pennies were made. Technically modern zinc pennies (post 1982) have limited conductivity, but traditional copper pennies are much more conductive. Ask me how I know
How do you know?
So going to lots of thrift stores and buying lots of used stuff over the years, I've come to realize... kids like to put coins and cards in slots. Like unsupervised kids will absolutely shove Pokemon cards, baseball cards, business cards in vent slots. And put coins inbetween piano keys. And just...anywhere really.
So awhile back I bought a PS2 racing wheel & pedals to play modern arcade racing games when I finally build myself a gaming PC. Then I realized there were a bunch of coins inside the pedal controller. This really irritated me so I took it apart & got all these old pennies out.
Fast forward a few years. Now it's a couple weeks ago & I finally got my gaming PC built and all set up. I'm trying out later Sega racing games like Initial D and Outrun. All is well and I hook up the racing wheel and pedals to my USB adapter, and I'm running my controller test program. Everything works except the gas pedal, button 4. Pressing it, no input registers. So I take apart the pedal controller again. And I realize there is something wrong with the accelerometer/micro controller wired to the gas pedal. It was not seated properly so I reseat it & try pressing the gas pedal again. This time, my test program displays all 12 buttons register simultaneously, & now smoke is coming out of the microcontroller. I quickly unplug it so it doesn't catch on fire, and it dawns on me: When the kid stuck the copper pennies into the gas pedal gap, the copper bridged multiple solder points on the microcontroller, causing it to short.
So anyway I'm looking for a new gas pedal controller now
Not reading this, but definitely upvoting as I believe you and is probably really interesting too
A kid shoved copper pennies in my racing gas pedal. This caused an electrical short which created lots of smoke and nearly caught the thing on fire
when I dug my 360 out of storage, I had the original controllers but not the battery holders. I did, however, have some garbage ass rechargeable packs that were long dead. luckily the rechargeable packs had cells very similar in size to AAA batteries, so I was able to remove the guts and rig up some AAAs in there until I got some proper battery holder backs
I would’ve just used it wired or soldered on my own holder
Brb calling 911 buddy
alkalines are safe unless charged or eaten
This is hood science for sure. I hope you put a new controller on your Christmas list!
Battery companies hate this one simple trick
battery companies don’t want you to know that alkalines are actually rechargeable
How many charges on average? 🤔
a few at least, but if you're lucky, it can be over 100
it can cause them to leak, although alkalines sometimes leak even without charging
also, the internal resistance might be really high and the capacity will get lower quickly
usable for low drain stuff
How high are you rn
Yes
r/techsupportmacgyver
I remember when I had to do this when I was 8 years old fun times
Me in 2009 lmao
There's AAA to AA adapters
Is this like redneck engineering? Also replacement battery covers are pretty much $10 or less 😭😭😭😭
Reminds me of the episode in Archer where they said there was a whole roll of pennies in the fuse box. Unfortunately, I can't remember the episode.
I connected my old wired controllers negative and positive wires to the springs on my wireless 360 controller and used the back box to hold it in place and now I have a wired Bluetooth 360 remote🤣
This belongs in arc raiders lol
Holy shit this is hilarious
One day those pennies will be worth far more than the controller.
Just buy a pack and help everyone involved man
just use AA or wired
AAAs have less than half the capacity, yet cost the same as AA
I had to do this as a child, I HATED the fact that the Xbox controller was battery powered. (Since we was po). Luckily for me I got a ps3 the year that lbp2 came out, and never REALLY looked back.
I hate when that happened
Modern problems require modern solutions
Not going to lie I did this without the pennies and AAs intesead
Modern problems. Modern solutions.
Please just buy a rechargeable battery pack from Amazon for like $10 🤦🏽♂️
Anywhere but the devil, aka Amazon, please 😅
Covers are dirt cheap on eBay. I recently bought some myself.
”Go home, Walter”
Is this that Cyberpunk game I keep hearing about?
I swear I did this and my Xbox started lagging
Not this is the invitations my 12 year old self came up with lmao
Thanks, I hate it.
Old school trick, always wondered what the risk might be
Stop it get some help
I mean, this is fine as a temporary solution. But just so you know, you can buy replacement covers on Aliexpress or Amazon for a few bucks.
I stripped some old phone chargers and just tied an inch of wire on black and red to the two spring contacts. Works a charm for a wired variant.
RIP to your house
Let it go man.
Been there a few times myself. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Fuck I almost wanna donate you one of mine 😂
r/diwhy
Just buy a new controller bro, they ain’t that expensive
Lmao mine is like this too, haven’t bothered buying another battery pack thing for it
oh dear...
Ah yes the broke b*tch special
Did this as a kid cause I didn't have a charger or the battery pack for it. My Dad saw me do that and yelled at me for doing it telling me that it was a fire hazard and the next time I did it my 360 was going into the trash. Never did it again after that
Jugaad
is this safe??
This reminds me, a few years ago I wanted to play split screen fm4 but didn't have a second AA battery holder as well as no charger or cable for the battery packs, so I looked online and found out that there's just some conductive material(zinc if I had to guess) at the bottom of those AA holders.
Some failed attempts later + being distracted by the game I was playing at the time, I wound up with a cardboard + aluminium foil combo of a battery holder that actually does exactly what it needs to. Didn't even need to tape it to the controller despite it obviously not having a clip.
Sooo anyway nobody wound up playing fm4 with me, so all that effort went to waste :(
Oldest trick in the book. It’s how I played a chunk of Xbox 360 back then. I remember when I finally got a proper battery pack it felt weird because I was used to having my controller taped up like crazy
At what point do you cut your losses and buy some AA batteries?
I just did a post of this with my Xbox one controller a couple months ago on redneckengineering or something
This is not the E74 penny trick I remember...
I know you copied those guys from the instagram video, ive seen it just today 😎😉
r/cursedxbox360images needs to be a thing
A replacement cover is only $1,50 ffs, and I bet is way less effort than keeping those batteries together while moving the controller around
Haha I remember seeing a car battery terminal connected like this with a penny. It works ! That penny does conduct power to the area
Lmfao this brings me back to my childhood. I remember having to do this for my gameboy until my grandma found out and was horrified that I’d start a fire so she bought me a Costco pack of batteries and I don’t remember ever running out after then. lol
Never having the proper batteries on hand is what prompted me to buy rechargeable battery packs for my controllers.
This surprises me cause you're white GO GET YOURSELF SOME DAMN BATTERIES
That's so ghetto. But clever.
So much easier than getting AA 😆
It works it works love it
one small bump and its over
did the same thing but just pennys and AA battery’s
What if, for extra credit, you do one side all pennies, and the other side a AA battery?
Yeah, this was the strat back in the day lol
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