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Being a cheap-o and sucking the life out of batteries

Old Aug 1, 2011 | 10:50 PM
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Default Being a cheap-o and sucking the life out of batteries

The other day I was using my camera and it seems that everytime I do, after a few videos or a few pictures, the battery light comes on. I pull the batteries out, swap in new ones, and the old ones sit around, cause I'm too cheap to take them to work and recycle them. If I measure them with a voltmeter, I get like 1.2 volts. If you think about it, most of the batteries that go dead in a camera or other electronic equipment still carry a decent amount of voltage.
My question is, is there a logical way to drain the voltage from batteries that are too low to power a camera, but still carry too much voltage to be deemed junk?
I'm not talking big like powering my 46" TV...I'm talking something that makes more sense than having 2 dozen batteries that are "low" awaiting their final destination of powering the clock in my garage.
Old Aug 3, 2011 | 11:50 AM
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You could make some LED magnetic stickies and place them on signs around town to annoy people.
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