![]() I am pleased with the change, but I had a rough start. I now use rechargeable batteries for almost everything in my home that uses batteries of the sizes, AAA, AA, C, D, and 9 volt. I made the switch to rechargeable batteries over three years ago. Furthermore, I don’t need to concern myself with completely using up batteries to avoid wasting money or natural resources, not to mention the energy needed to manufacture and ship both the batteries and the materials to make the batteries. I have not had a battery go dead on me in the middle of an important task since I made the switch to rechargeables. If for any reason I want fresh batteries in an electrical device, I just pop out the batteries and charge them, or swap them for some others that I have already charged. I pay for them once every five or more years. ![]() There is an ease and a freedom that come with rechargeable batteries. I also hate not knowing when my batteries are going to conk out. Single-use (ordinary) batteries, sometimes called primary batteries by the manufacturers, have gotten so expensive that I feel am throwing away cash when I buy them. I hate throwing batteries away when they die. If you are in a hurry to just buy some rechargeable batteries and a charger, and you don’t want to make a formal study of the subject as I do, skip the following introduction and just read the section entitled, What to Do, in Brief. This page will help you and your entire household almost completely avoid single-use batteries. Battery chargers come with a variety of characteristics, as well. The characteristics of the three types of rechargeable batteries are described below. They are Nickel-Cadmium (NiCd), which are the oldest type Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH), which were developed around the same time that low-cost digital cameras were invented and a new type of NiMH battery, called Low Self Discharge (LSD). There are three types of rechargeable batteries. For a brief description of other types of rechargeable batteries, see Electrical Storage, Present, Past and Future. ![]() The following insight addresses rechargeable replacements for single-use batteries of the sizes AAA, AA, C, D, and 9 volt. This page was first posted in 2005 and is a personal perspective of a Department of Resources, Recycling, and Recovery (CalRecycle) staff person who is an avid user of rechargeable batteries. ![]()
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