[Greenbuilding] Battery charger--works on standard Alkaline

[Matt Dirksen]

I just got one and it clearly states on the box that it will charge regular (disposable) alkaline batteries up to 20 times.

Worth 10 bucks to find out....


Matt



On Jan 5, 2012, at 9:01 PM, "John Salmen" <terrain at shaw.ca> wrote:

> If it is alkaline is there a difference? I mentioned it because a friend was
> using it to charge regular alkaline and I thought I would get one.
> 
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> 
> On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:34:21 -0500, John Salmen <terrain at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>> For canucks eh!
>> 
>> The blue planet alkaline family charger - only at Canadian tire $24.99
> 
> Take off ! Eh, you Hoser ?
> 
> It appears that that charger is designed for re-chargeable alkaline
> batteries, not regular disposable alkalines if there is an actual
> difference.
> 
> I had ( still do) have some early generation and later generation "premium"
> rechargeable alkaline batteries made in Canada by "Pure Energy Battery Inc."
> of Amherst Nova Scotia that were marketed as "Green"  
> alternatives to Ni-Cd rechargeables back in the days before Ni-Mh
> rechargeables were available (so we're probably talking at least 10 if not
> 20 years ago ?) I have a few chargers that work for all three types of
> rechargeables.
> 
> I've had to discard most of the rechargeable alkalines  due to leakage,
> although they did work fine while they lasted albeit at 1.2 Volts only
> instwad of 1.5.
> 
>  Unfortunately, I didn't keep track of how many cycles they lasted but m
> guess is "more than 30, less than 50" which leads me to suspect that 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.
> 
> Someone (BW ?) asked "why bother ?" (trying to recharge ordinary alkalines
> ) I have brother who goes through bazillions industrial grade alkalines and
> it bugs my @$$ to see them disposed of after just a single use.
> If I give him one of the two chargers that I'm getting via Ben, I should be
> able to reduce the environmental impact of his battery use by an amount
> equivalent to oh, say, the EI of a small village somewhere.
> 
> Ben: Probably wasn't the best idea to be sending your home address to the
> List. (But I'll also need your phone number for Amazon.com and I'd suggest
> emailing it to me off-list)
> 
> Sacie: Thanks for your kind offer to let me piggy-back on you but I had
> already spoken to Ben.
> 
> 
> --
> === * ===
> Rob Tom
> Kanata, Ontario, Canada
> 
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