[Greenbuilding] Recharging disposable Alkaline batteries

[Benjamin Pratt]

I've also had success with the Rosewill. I haven't tried "precharging"
yet, but I will now. The instructions, or maybe someone who reviewed
it on Amazon, say to only recharge batteries that have not been
depleted all the way, so that is what I've been doing.
   I have another pointer, though. I've successfully recharged C and D
cells with it. I just use pieces of wire--jamming the leads under the
terminals on the charger and taping the leads to the battery. Since
it's nearly impossible to get decent rechargeable C and D cells, my
primary use for them is to keep them in flashlights, and those
batteries are pretty expensive, this is a great use for the charger.
They hold a charge longer than most rechargeables too. (Rechargable C
and D cells, in terms of Milliamp Hours, are no better, if not worse,
than AA cells. So until I got the Rosewill, I would just use
rechargeable AA cells and an adapter.)
   Finally, I have no idea if the Rosewill is better than conventional
charger. My primary charger before the Rosewill was and older, slow to
charge, one with a light for each battery (I believe batteries last
longer when charged slowly). So the Rosewill has made that one
redundant. I suppose I could do some tests between those two chargers,
but it may take several batteries to find out anything conclusive.
   BTW- I Iive in Minnesota and work in Wisconsin. I can buy and mail CD's too!
Ben


On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 6:18 PM, RT <archilogic at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Some time ago (more than a year I think) Reuben started a thread asking
> about a battery charger that was "on sale" at Amazon.com  that was
> purported to be capable of recharging disposable alkaline batteries.
>

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