[geeks] Battery question

[rjtoegel]

You can get the same batteries for less in other places but be prepared to
take wire/connectors off of the old one and attach to the new one since most
of those toys use "special" batteries that have proprietary connectors.  Even
home improvement  centers might have usable batteries for alarms or outside
lighting.  Have done the same thing here many times.

Bob

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On Jun 10, 2012, at 3:37 PM, "William Enestvedt" <William.Enestvedt at jwu.edu>
wrote:

> A question for battery wonks: can A Guy re-cell the (6V? 12V?) battery for
one
> of those big, plastic cars for little kids? Or if not, can you order a
> compatible/identical battery from an "after market" vendor? (If memory
serves
> it's about half the size of a car battery.)
>
>   My BiL has one of these cars that his daughters grew out of -- I think
it's
> a Barbie car -- and he has offered it to us. He says only the battery needs
> replacing. These batteries are about $85 new, but after hearing all the
> chatter on this list about people either re-celling their own UPS batteries
or
> putting non-name batteries in a UPS (instead of, say, official APC
batteries),
> can I do this for the battery in the car?
>
>   Also, is batterymart.com a good vendor? Who else is?
>
>   Or should I just pony up and buy the damn battery from Toys R Us like the
> rest of the chumps?
>
>   Thank you in advance for any advice.
>
> - Will
> --
> Will Enestvedt
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