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Re:Batteriser: a gadget that extends alkaline battery life by 3JPLW on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @09:29AM (#9645660)
The trouble is that the battery doesn't know the voltage requirements of the device it's powering. Should it start boosting at 1.4V? Or 1.25V? I have a hunch that it already does this for voltages near 1.5. The trouble is determining where you draw the line.
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Re:Batteriser: a gadget that extends alkaline battery life by wodenokoto on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @09:46AM (#9645764)
That's easy. You license the batteriser technology to the gadget creators, they build it into their gadget and set the limit!
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Re:Batteriser: a gadget that extends alkaline battery life by granos on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @10:52AM (#9646213)
But they don't control the IP for the actual boost circuitry. Thats trivially easy to do. And from the comments in this thread it seems like lots of electronics already do it.
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Re:Batteriser: a gadget that extends alkaline battery life by gfsn54nsf on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @10:21AM (#9645995)
Simple: Use the device until the batteries fail, then slip on the Batterizer[TM] and use it some more.
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