Lantern batteries

[Paul Taylor <>]

Tony Russell wrote:
> Someone on this net was recently talking about taking lantern batteries
> apart to get the AAs out - or they gave a website which talked about it.
It's a hoax; lantern batteries contain four large "F" cells, not AAs.

If you have an old lantern battery, feel free to pull it apart; peel off
the label, and remove the top with a flat-bladed screwdriver (some elbow
grease required.)  Be careful not to short out the cells with the
screwdriver.

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