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Old 17-01-2006, 21:30
Toxteth O'Grady
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I recently lost one of a rechargable AAA battery, but they are sold, used and charged in pairs... which is a problem when I have an odd number

Anyone know somewhere that sells them singly?
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Old 17-01-2006, 21:36
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Budget Batteries

Use them all the time and never had a problem
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Old 18-01-2006, 18:23
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check 7dayshop.com and consider upgrading to 900 mah AAA batteries or possibly higher quality 800 mah quality Panasonics.

Packs of 4 are as cheap as 2 packs so maybe convert someone to green issues.

At 900 mah this capacity will be very very close to a AAA Duracell capacity!!!!!!!
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Old 18-01-2006, 22:39
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I use 700mah's. The point is though that I don't need 4 I need an odd number!

Thanks to rockin-plumber, I'll try them
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Old 19-01-2006, 01:07
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yep seems a good site.

Be aware that if you use 2 batteries together the lifespan of a pair of unmatched batteries can often be extremely short.
charging characteristics and capacity vary according to many factors such as age, usage etc etc.

A fairly new battery matched with one of similar capacity/characteristics will be possibly ok so give it a try.


Wow. They sell 950mah AAA s now.
Quite interesting. Frrom this Duracell page
http://www.duracell.com/oem/Pdf/others/ATB-5.pdf
you will see that Durcelll AAA has a capacity of 1150 mah.
They are getting closer and closer.
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Old 19-01-2006, 06:55
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On a related matter we bought the Rezap from QVC, and although fairly expensive it charges 'ordinary' batteries and has proved a real bonus to us considering all the batteries we use here.

Regards......Ted

Rezap
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Old 19-01-2006, 14:39
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I recently bough the Superfast charger which will charge multiple or single batteries, very useful as i have some items which use either a single AA or AAA battery. Got it from quality discounts web site.
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Old 19-01-2006, 21:34
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Originally Posted by Digibear1
On a related matter we bought the Rezap from QVC, and although fairly expensive it charges 'ordinary' batteries and has proved a real bonus to us considering all the batteries we use here.

Regards......Ted
Them dry cell chargers are simple to build, only a few components needed.
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Old 19-01-2006, 21:54
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many recharges?
I think the offical 'recharge ability' data is where the capacity of the subsequent recharge goes below 80% of the rated capacity.

NiMh are quoted at 1000 charges whereas Lithium are quoted at 300 or sometimes 500.

However Lithium can be nortiously unstable and many Lithium cells last less than a year.
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Old 19-01-2006, 22:14
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Originally Posted by RattledRat
Them dry cell chargers are simple to build, only a few components needed.
RattledRat , I am still struggling with light switches let alone build battery chargers

Ted
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