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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I really miss it honestly. Kids, so, so many batteries in my house.

Dad, my blah blah blah isn't working right. Then I have to go dig out this monster:

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What in the fuckiest of fucks is this? ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Ancient voltmeter for children

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why does it look so weird? I'm not even sure what shape I'm looking at.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Just an inch thick plastic box with a perspective drawing sticker on top of it, But the box is shaped to fit the perspective drawing.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Haha yeah, it looks like a fake picture or some cartoon.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just use an old multimeter that I saved from eWaste ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‡

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I have no lack of proper test equipment, this is actually kind of nice because the kids can use it easily without trying to wrangle a battery and two leads.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Your kids will inherit that charger, and their kids afterward.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Hopefully not because the kind of batteries that work with this reader are awful batteries. Single use disposable batteries are an absolutely stupid idea we should be moving away from

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Works fine on my rechargeable AAs.