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rechargeable battery experts info please

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  • stuart264
    stuart264 Posts: 159 Forumite
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    If your after cheap rechargables. Wilkinsons have a basic Charger (non timer type) with 4 AA 800mah Batteries for £4.99 and sell 800mah batteries in packs of 4 for £2.99.
  • ollyk
    ollyk Posts: 597 Forumite
    happyhero wrote:
    Hi guys cheers for all the help



    Going off in a unnecessary direction here, but out of interest why can't they make the rechargeables put out 1.5v, would they have to be bigger. I would pay a little extra if they did make some but were more expensive. I mean they make 24v batteries for drill etc, so why not for example make one that is AA size and gives out 1.7v? I know its not important, I'm just interested why they don't exist.

    The nominal voltage is generally a result of the materials use to generate the potential difference I believe.
    You could have a1.5V alkaline cell the size of this planet, it would have a huge capacity but the volts would still only be 1.5V!

    Hobo28
    Oh and finally I bought loads and bit by bit they have disappeared. God knows where they have all gone but I had over 20, now I can find about 8 of them!!!!!
    so it isn't just me then :rotfl: I have lost a bloody fortune in rechargeables! I am sure my two year old might have somthing to do with it :rolleyes:
    When she can understand (that goes for the misses to LOL) I will start removing like for like numbers from her toys!
  • happyhero
    happyhero Posts: 1,277 Forumite
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    The pound shop are curently selling 1500mila amp hr type AA batterys, four for a quid, v cheap.

    Someone the other day was buying hundreds of them, when i asked why so many he replied that he was going to sell them on ebay.

    Andy.

    But how do you find where the "Pound shops" are? I cannot seem to find a list of their shops on the net.
  • Grumpysally
    Grumpysally Posts: 810 Forumite
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    hobo28 wrote:

    Oh and finally I bought loads and bit by bit they have disappeared. God knows where they have all gone but I had over 20, now I can find about 8 of them!!!!!

    Our house too. Chief suspect DD1 age 14, bedroom like a black hole.

    Remember that for the non rechargable batteries you do use, many local authority tips now have a recycling bin for them. I'm not sure if you can put 'spent' rechargables in there too.

    Good point about keeping sets together, I will now label all mine. ( eventually)
  • ollyk
    ollyk Posts: 597 Forumite
    happyhero wrote:
    But how do you find where the "Pound shops" are? I cannot seem to find a list of their shops on the net.
    Don't bother with pound shops I would guess you really don't know whether you are getting a good deal or not... read my post (#4) above I left a link for 7day shop they appear to have some bargains!
  • bbruce
    bbruce Posts: 369 Forumite
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    I too have found my stock dwindles due to "nobody" misplacing them.
    Also, I'm sure the 1000 times rechargeable is very optimistic as I've had several that stay dead in less than a year, so get more than you need.
    Still better value than alkaline though.

    Learn from the mistakes of others - you won't live long enough to make them all yourself.
  • rharper83
    rharper83 Posts: 184 Forumite
    ollyk wrote:
    .....times have BOGOF. Saying that this place has some very cheap batteries - I haven't tried yet so can't vouch!....

    I've bought some of the 2600mAH batteries from 7dayshop before and I use them in my digital camera flash and they're fine. For the price I can't argue at all, especially when considering that standard AA batteries would have died ages ago!
  • ollyk
    ollyk Posts: 597 Forumite
    bbruce wrote:
    I too have found my stock dwindles due to "nobody" misplacing them.
    Also, I'm sure the 1000 times rechargeable is very optimistic as I've had several that stay dead in less than a year, so get more than you need.
    Still better value than alkaline though.
    are you sure it isn't the charger you are using - this in my opinion being critical to good battery care!
  • Lord_Gardener
    Lord_Gardener Posts: 2,971 Forumite
    We've got Tronic and Response chargers and have been recharging for some 20 years. Our experience is that branded last and cheap don't - It's worth paying that extra amount to get battery life. The Response is a battery genie type and successfully recharges good quality Alkaline batteries 5 or 6 times before they finally die!
    I'm mad!!!! :rotfl::jand celebrating everyday every year!!!
  • trawden
    trawden Posts: 18 Forumite
    On the subject of rechargeable batteries - does anyone know why some toys etc say not to use rechargeables?

    Is it for technical reasons or are they in cahoots with the battery manufacturers?

    :confused:
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