How to Recharge Batteries

The right kind of batteries are never around when you need them. I'm Mark Erickson, and this is Infinite Solutions: Home Edition. In this episode, I'll show you how to recharge dead batteries using other types of batteries that still carry a charge. IMPEDANCE RATIO CORRECTION: 2AA = 3 9V Need more help? Contact me at www.marksinfinitesolutions.com

USBCELL AA Batteries

USBCELL AA Batteries

Displayed during CeBIT last month, the USBCELL rechargeable battery was awarded as New Energy Entrepreneur of the Year. This green device manufactured by Moixa Energy. And as you can see in the image above, you can plug into laptop’s USB port to recharge. Cool..


USBCELL AA Batteries

AA Batteries, USBCELL

Sony BatteriesSony Quick Battery Charger with 4 AA Ni-MH Rechargeable Batteries
CE (Sony Batteries)
List Price: $29.99
Price: $25.44
You Save: $4.55 (15%)
  • Charges four AA and AAA batteries at a time SIX
  • Unviersal voltage from 100-240V
  • Alkaline battery detection, temperature and voltage safety controls
  • Includes four 2500mAh NiMH batteries

DeltranDeltran SuperSmart Battery Tender Plus 12-Volt 1.25 AMP Battery Charger
Automotive Parts and Accessories (Deltran)
List Price: $59.95
Price: $49.99
You Save: $9.96 (17%)
  • Temperature compensated for optimum charge voltage
  • Automatically switches from full charge to float charging mode for top performance
  • Reverse polarity protection to ensure user safety
  • 10-year warranty

DuracellDuracell Batteries, AA Size, 16-Count Packages (Pack of 2)
Health and Beauty (Duracell)
List Price: $25.98
Price: $21.40
You Save: $4.58 (18%)
  • Pack of two 16-count packages of AA batteries (32 total batteries)
  • Delivers long-lasting, efficient, and reliable power
  • Upgraded technology provides advanced performance in popular battery powered devices
  • Ideal for a wide variety of products, including toys, remote controls, smoke alarms, and PDAs

SonySony 2500 mAh AA Rechargeable Nimh Batteries, 4-pack
CE (Sony)
List Price: $29.73
Price: $11.18
You Save: $18.55 (62%)
  • Ideal for digital products
  • High capacity -- lasts 3 times longer than alkaline
  • Designed for use with Sony’s advanced power charge
  • 4 Pack

AmazonAmazon Kindle Replacement Battery
Amazon Devices (Amazon)
List Price: $19.99
Price: $19.99
  • Lithium polymer-based
  • Rechargeable 1,530 mAh capacity
  • Completely charges in two hours
  • Can be recycled

DeltranDeltran Battery Tender Junior 12-Volt .75 Amp Battery Charger
Automotive Parts and Accessories (Deltran)
List Price: $39.95
Price: $29.95
You Save: $10.00 (25%)
  • Switches to float/maintenance voltage after fully charging the battery
  • Battery voltage drops, full charger output power resumes
  • Two color LED indicates stage of charger
  • 12-foot output cord for better mobility

DuracellDuracell DC2400B4N Rechargeable Batteries, NiMH, AAA Size, 4-Count Packages (Pack of 2)
Health and Beauty (Duracell)
List Price: $19.98
Price: $17.35
You Save: $2.63 (13%)
  • Pack of two 4-count AAA NiMH DC2400B4N rechargeable batteries (8 total batteries)
  • Compatible with a variety of charges; can be charged using the Duracell 30-minute charger
  • Ideally suited for PDAs and hand-held games
  • Enables you to recharge up to 1,000 times

iRobotiRobot 4905 Battery
Kitchen (iRobot)
List Price: $69.99
Price: $49.99
You Save: $20.00 (29%)
  • APS battery compatible with all Roomba FloorVac models
  • Charges in 3 hours with ABS Fast Charger
  • Provides approximately 120 minutes of run-time
  • 50 percent greater useful life than original Roomba batteries

Canon Cameras USCanon NB-4L Battery Pack for the SD400, SD630, SD600, SD750, SD1000 & TX1 Digital Cameras
Photography (Canon Cameras US)
List Price: $59.99
Price: $35.38
You Save: $24.61 (41%)
  • For Canon PowerShot models SD200 and SD300
  • Approximate 300-recharge lifespan
  • Up to 400 images from a single charge
  • Weighs 0.6 ounces

VectorBlack & Decker VEC1093DBD Smart Battery 40/20/10/4 Amp Battery Charger
Automotive Parts and Accessories (Vector)
List Price: $129.99
Price: $109.99
You Save: $20.00 (15%)
  • Spark-resistant design for added safety
  • Reverse hook-up warning alarm to prevent damage to vehicle or electronics
  • Features easy connectivity for battery clips and ring terminals or vehicle DC plug
  • Two year warranty

Batteries News



UPDATE 1-Sanyo to build new lithium-ion battery plant
Reuters India, India - 4 hours ago
T: Quote, Profile, Research), the world's largest maker of rechargeable batteries, said it plans to build a new lithium-ion battery plant in western Japan
Sanyo to invest $189 million on lithium-ion battery plant MarketWatch
Sanyo Says It Will Build Rechargeable Battery Plant (Update1) Bloomberg
Sanyo to spend $190 mln on battery plant - Nikkei Reuters India
MarketWatch - MarketWatch
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Nick Rogers: 'Batteries' is ideal DVD companion to 'WALL-E'
Utica Observer Dispatch, NY - 9 hours ago
But “WALL-E’s” gentle but meaningful fable qualities are closer in spirit to “*batteries not included,” a 1987 robot film co-written by Brent Maddock and SS


Talking Retail
Energizer Ultimate Lithium batteries in £2m TV campaign
Talking Retail, UK - 7 hours ago
Energizer, the only major battery brand in the second year of successive value growth, is blasting back on to the TV this July and August and driving summer

Batteries to have multiple compliance schemes
letsrecycle.com, UK - 18 hours ago
The UK will use a multiple producer compliance scheme system to meet the requirements of the EU Batteries Directive, but the new Regulations are unlikely to


EcoGeek
Strap-on Kinetic Charger Dances Away Dead Batteries
EcoGeek, MT - 7 hours ago
It is strapped to a reveller’s arm, and uses a system of weights and magnets to provide an electric current that charges a storage battery, which can later