[Electronics-talk] Audible Battery Tester

Sat Nov 21 05:18:15 UTC 2015

If one only needs relative information about the charge status of 
household batteries like AA and AAA then I just use a paper clip. I 
use something less than a heavy duty clip and bend it so the 2 ends 
will connect with each terminal. Then, the paper clip merely offers 
resistance and generates heat according to how much charge is in the 
battery. Be careful, a fully charged battery will heat the clip up 
quickly to a fairly hot temperature. But, batteries that are quite 
discharged will generate little or no heat. This simple method meets 
my needs and I use it almost weekly.
HTH,
Jeff

At 03:28 PM 11/20/2015, you wrote:

>Like audible battery testers, talking multimeters are no longer 
>available, either.  So there is really no wayin for a blind consumer 
>to check the strength of general purpose batteries without sighted 
>help.  This is one function an IPhone will never be able to perform.
>
>Gerald
>
>
>
>-----Original Message----- From: Bryan Schulz via Electronics-talk
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>Hi,
>
>How much testing do you do?
>The price is always higher than off the shelf products but $50 was well
>worth the price of a talking multi meter I bought a number of years ago at
>the nfb store tables at a convention.
>Bryan
>
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>
>Nope, I checked the NFB store, also, and they do not sell an audible battery
>
>tester.  Apparently, none of these blind-products merchants is willing to
>produce their own battery tester.  They only sell whatever is currently
>available on the market to the  general public, at marked-up prices, of
>course, and since Radio Shack filed for bankruptcy earlier this year and
>stopped producing their own audible battery testers which was sold by ILA
>and Maxi-Aids, there is apparently nobody else who still makes them.
>
>Gerald
>
>
>
>-----Original Message----- From: Danielle Ledet via Electronics-talk
>Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 3:45 PM
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>How About the NFB Independence Market? Do they have one?
>
>On 11/20/15, Gerald Levy  via Electronics-talk
><electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>>What do you mean that most batteries aren't the kind that can be tested?
>>On
>>
>>the contrary,most batteries used in electronic gadgets are disposable
>>alkaline AA or AAA batteries, whose strength can most definitely be gaged
>>by
>>
>>a simple battery tester.  Indeed, you can find battery testers all over
>>the
>>
>>web that test all standard battery sizes (AA, AAA, C, D, 9V, and 1.5V
>>button
>>
>>cell), but they all have digital LCD displays, which, of course are
>>totally
>>
>>inaccessible to blind consumers.  I have a small digital tester that my
>>audiologist gave me for testing my hearing aid batteries, but it is
>>useless
>>
>>to me because it has no audible output.  This is a disturbing trend.  The
>>number of accessible products actually seems to be shrinking rather than
>>expanding.  Remember when there were a few talking microwave ovens on the
>>market to choose from?  Now there is only one model left, and it is fairly
>>expensive.  And now, there are apparently no audible battery testers left
>>on
>>
>>the market, either.  BTW, I checked the Speak to Me web site, and
>>unfortunately, they do not sell any battery testers, audible or otherwise.
>>
>>Gerald
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: cheez via Electronics-talk
>>Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 7:45 PM
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>>Cc: cheez
>>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Audible Battery Tester
>>
>>Battery testers may be an extinct animal since most batteries aren't the
>>kind that can be tested like the ones in the past.
>>But have you tried Speak to Me Catalog?  I wonder if they offer one.
>>
>>Vince
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Gerald Levy via Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>Cc: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited at verizon.net>
>>Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 8:27 AM
>>Subject: [Electronics-talk] Audible Battery Tester
>>
>>
>>>
>>>Does anyone know where I can purchase an inexpensive, audible battery
>>>tester?  I have one made by Radio Shack that I purchased from Independent
>>>
>>>Living Aids years ago, but it no longer beeps to indicate relative
>>>battery
>>>
>>>strength, and so I need a new one.  I checked the ILA and Maxi-Aids web
>>>sites, but neither company seems to sell an audible battery tester any
>>>longer.  I suspect that the Radio Shack model they used to sell is no
>>>longer being manufactured since Radio Shack filed for bankruptcy earlier
>>>this year. Indeed, I checked the Radio Shack site, and they apparently no
>>>
>>>longer sell battery testers of any kind, audible or otherwise. Any
>>>suggestions would be appreciated.  Thanks.
>>>
>>>Gerald
>>>
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