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[-] Catoblepas 35 points 3 days ago

Anyone who understands batteries want to tell me if this will eventually explode or something?

[-] kn33@lemmy.world 84 points 3 days ago

So, at best it'll last half as long. At worst, it'll have intermittent issues from only getting half the current capacity it's designed for.

[-] chaotic_altruist@lemm.ee 19 points 3 days ago

These are wired parallel, so it's supplying the same voltage as two batteries, but will only last half as long before dying. It wouldn't turn on at half voltage in series.

Still gonna have mild power problems though cause the battery isn't seated well and will possibly short out when you move the mouse.

[-] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

it's just a mouse so it's probably fine

[-] einlander@lemmy.world 66 points 3 days ago

Will just die faster.

[-] SGG@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago

It depends on how the battles are wired.

If the battles are wired in series (think train cars) it increases the voltage of The circuit. Which means if the electronics require the higher voltage this may not work well, if at all.

If the batteries are wired in parallel then this is basically half a fuel tank.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago

In this case, we can tell it's likely parallel because the springs (negative terminals) are on the same side. When the batteries are in series they're usually placed in the compartment facing alternating directions.

[-] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I always assumed this was like a universal truth, but I've found a couple of cases recently where they wired it in series despite the batteries all pointing the same way, I was so confused...

[-] ShortFuse@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

From understanding my old GameBoy that had 4 AA batteries in alternating rotation, that had 6V (1.5V each battery). Chaining positive and negative together increased the voltage.

Since this has them pointing both up, it's just 1.5V but it's as if you put a half sized battery.

Basically, the same, just less amperage because of a smaller battery (if compared to 2 of the same).

tl;dr: same, but half capacity.

[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Everybody else is wrong this shit could wipe out a town

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Depends on the configuration, but it won't explode. It may just act as if it's on low battery for a while then stop working as if the battery is drained, when the one battery might only be half drained. If it's in parallel it could work but with about half the runtime, but it would do just the same fitting just one battery in the proper orientation.

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