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Tip 122: Battery Power
Sunday, November 21, 1999
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PROBLEM: The disk battery in your travel alarm clock keeps running down.
SOLUTION: Turn the battery over in its receptacle, storing it upside-down so it doesn't draw current, advises the ingenious Lawrence D. Powers of Reston. "When I arrive at my destination, I reverse the battery, set the clock, and I'm in business. At the end of my trip I again reverse the battery and put the clock away until next time. I've had a single battery last several years this way."
BONUS: Works for cameras, too.
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