Mount Olive fire marshals have issued safety warnings about the storage of an item most of us have lying around the house — batteries. Two 9-volt batteries were the cause of a small fire in a township ...

PITTSBURGH (CBS) -- Do you have a "junk drawer" somewhere in your house? Most people do, and most of us probably don't give a second thought to what we put in it. But we probably should since there ...

Use every drop of energy from a 9-volt battery by adding it to an LED Blocklite. I was always stumped about what to do with partially depleted, 9-volt smoke detector batteries. They’re usually drained ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Practically every home has one, a junk drawer, a place where you throw everything from paperclips to spare change to keep clutter out of sight. But one item in that drawer could ...

A video and various news reports state that 9-volt batteries can be a fire hazard. The facts: Various warnings from fire experts across the country say this is true. The warning was first reported in ...

Here’s another hack that we would definitely discourage you from trying at home, 244 9 volt batteries wired in series. There’s really not much more to it than that, but [jersagfast] takes this setup ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Buying a 9-volt battery is now the simplest way to upgrade your home to a smart home. The Roost Smart ...

While it’s the easiest way to lay out a simple circuit for prototyping, breadboards are a pain. They are the ultimate kludge; they work well enough, but no one will ever say that a solderless ...

Smartphones are more powerful than ever, but they still have an annoying tendency to run out of juice just when you need them most. The Kickstarter-backed Plan V could get you out of such a fix, as it ...

A 555 timer can be used to generate a squarewave to produce a negative voltage relative to the negative battery terminal. When the timer output at pin 3 goes positive, the series 22 uF capacitor ...