[Greenbuilding] Battery charger--works on standard Alkaline

[Reuben Deumling]

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 1:18 PM, RT <archilogic at yahoo.ca> wrote:

>  the leakage issues which seem to concern Reuben et al is a characteristic
> of alkaline batteries in general, rechargeable or not and not an issue
> having to do with the charger used.
>
I wouldn't want to minimize the fun of batteries leaking. I'm equally or
more concerned about destroying the device in question through leaking
batteries than about what it may do to my finger tips or nasal passages.


> Someone (BW ?) asked "why bother ?" (trying to recharge ordinary alkalines
> )

That may have been me.



> I have brother who goes through bazillions industrial grade alkalines and
> it bugs my @$$ to see them disposed of after just a single use.
>
That would bug me too. But I'm curious whether high quality NiMH would work
as well. Or does his application preclude these? My understanding is that
for certain applications (digital cameras, for instance) these are actually
better than alkalines.
I will be most curious to hear some analysis from him via you on this.
Thanks.
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