I always have the opposite problem.

D'you know, I MIGHT have tried this a couple hours ago, but then I saw this...
I'm not even gonna try the hash browns recipe I found earlier, lest I end with half a frying pan embedded in me bollocks.

Pro tip:
If you only have one battery you can fill the other slot with tinfoil.

the tinfoil would short out the batteries.

i think i have an electrical education but i see now that both the batteries are facing the same way, but if the batteries where facing two different ways (which is very common) and the tinfoil was placed like that they would short out. what i'm trying to say is that shown image works (my bad, sorry) i didn't inspect the image, i just presumed what i thought logical.

this makes me remember this

don't know if it should though

AAA batteries are much more expensive than AA batteries. Why waste them like that?

Not sure if trolling.... or complete ******* genius.

Either way, Nikola tesla disapproves of this comment.

Notice how the poster is the only one confirming this works

***** look it up online

Well of course. But it's better than nothing.

i'm afraid to try this....

You should lick a 9v battery before trying this.

It works, trust me.

Should work, but... is it safe?

Doesn't matter if it works

either end, it shouldn't matter. you are just completing a circuit.

The foil's on the negative side in the picture.

I know, I know. Disregard it. It's not my picture.

how about no AAA?

Unless you have a bunch of watch batteries laying around, no.

i believe those are called nickle-cadmium

If the tin foils don't tough, then yeah.

no, the tinfoil would short out the batteries.