Check this video out and see how you can get a whole lot more than you paid for. Make that 32 AA batteries for the cost of one 6 volt lantern battery!!!
I remember doing this to our old field radio batteries, but they were embedded in wax and the terminals were soldered together.
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Now go out and save some money!!!
Bernie