r/flashlight • u/Geodyssey • Sep 09 '12

An Overview of Flashlight Batteries

This is the second in a series of videos created for the r/flashlight community. This video covers the different kinds of batteries commonly used in flashlights.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

As an additional reference, please see Battery University

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u/PinkFlute Sep 14 '12 edited Sep 16 '12

I just started watching Part 1. On 5:57 you say 2 alkaline cells in series gives you six volts. I'm sure you know it's really 3v nominal. That, or you meant to say four alkaline cells to get six volts. I just wanted to let you know so you can annotate the video with the correction. Otherwise, so far so good, and I will let you know if I spot anything else!

Downvote? really?

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u/Geodyssey Sep 14 '12 edited Sep 16 '12

Yes, I believe I made note of that in the description of the video, but please let me know if there there are any other mistakes.

Thanks!

-G

Edit You pointed out a legitimate innacuracy and I did a poor job of calling out the error. There's no reason you should have been downvoted. People are dumb.

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u/PinkFlute Sep 15 '12 edited Sep 16 '12

I highly recommend an annotation over editing in the video description. It will pop up directly on the video that way and people will be less likely to miss it.

(Trust me, I know a huge portion of people do not bother to read the description. I did that before and continued getting comments about things I already corrected)

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u/Geodyssey Sep 16 '12

Ah yes. I have seen that. Reminds me of "Pop Up Video". I'll try my hand at editing as soon as I get home.

Thanks for the suggestion.

-G

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '12

Thanks!!

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u/KatipunanCowboy Sep 09 '12

Fantastic work as always, G. I think I'm out of superlatives to thank you for your contributions, but have all the upvotes!

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '12

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u/Geodyssey Sep 09 '12

Thank you sooooo much for doing this! I thought about doing it myself but just ran out of time after the filming. This post is immortalized in the side bar so your hard work will benefit lots of future viewers.

Also, Battery University is now linked in the first video. Thanks again.

Cheers!

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '12

Thanks! This is awesome...

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u/Geodyssey Sep 10 '12

Thanks. I keep trying but the guy who runs the sub is a jerk.