sorry to burst your bubble,but,no it doesnt work like that...

No, it's not true. sorry

A double a cell provides about 1.3 to 1.5 v dc power. Most multi-cell configurations (e.g. the ones we use in exit L.E.D. signs ect.) are configured in parrallel (sorry about spelling been up too long)All (+) terminals tied together, all(-) tied together into a common connector. Other pack configurations are available, but much more costly to produce. (therefor not cheaper to purchase) also these may be exotic material batteries that may not work for your devices, or may become a disposal nightmare (screwy rechargables and such) I think you may have gotten info from someone who has a lot of battery packs he wants to unload, and wants you to pay for a bad business decision.

did you look it up on "snopes"? they are good with weird stuff like this.

No, what you have heard is untrue. You could configure (wire together) 32 AA batteries to produce 6 volts essentially making your own 6v battery though. :)

It is possible to make a 6v Battery from 32 AA cells, if they are wired in the correct combination of series and parrellel. (8 groups of 4 cells) And for a Battery manufacture, there is an advantage to build up "larger" batteries using a combination of smaller mass produced cells. However, the Video readily seen on the web has a few concerns. 1st. All the cells contained inside were pressure contact cells. Meaning they had no wires connecting them together and instead relied on the pressure of a tab to make contact. This is uncommon for battery manufactures to do as there is just too much risk of corrosion during shipping to occur, rendering the whole battery unusable. Typically, they will have tabs on the batteries and actually solder wires to those tabs. Assuming this battery was indeed made up of 32 AA "Pressure Contact" cells, another problem is when the top is taken off. There is no indication of metal which would make contact with these cells. So, what does the pressure cell touch to conduct the electricity? Then there is the issue of the cut wired. Though it possible that those wires were routed to something on the bottom of the battery case, that would be a very inefficient way to manufacture something. A better way would be to take the "wires" off the top cover, or in fact eliminating the wires all together and just use the pressure contact metal to do all the routing of electricty. Or more typically, have the wires soldered to a tab on the cell. But then we are back to the concern that the video showed all the cells as being non-soldered. Now, here is the real killer. Remember how I said you needed 8 groups of 4 cells? Well, in the video, all the cells are pointing up. Meaning, that all of the cells have their "bump" end pointing up. Well, with that configuration one can not get 4 cells in series without come creative wires back and forth from the bottom to the top of the battery. The best you could do is 2 cells in series, resulting in a 3v batters :-) Did not see any creative wires in the video, and it again would not be a cost effective way to assemble a battery. To get the 6v and not have to use additional wires, I would expect to see half the cells Bump Up, and half Bump Down. Then you could get 4 in series to get the 6v needed. Finally, lots of folks on the web have tried to repeat this, and only found 4 larger Double C cells, with solder tabs and wires connecting them. (as we would expect to see) So, at least to me: I am not convinced that the 6v lantern battery shown in the video was actually comprised of 32 individual AA cells. I also noted that when I went to what seemed to be the original website with this video, a whole series of "pop Ups" were placed on my computer advising that I needed to purchase some scanning software to protect my machine from nasty things! Ha