Talk:Rechargeable alkaline battery

message: Information needed about recycling and disposal practices around the world. -69.87.193.60 17:10, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recycling? 

message: The Renewal battery I charged and then let rest overnight indicates 1.62v no load vs. 1.44v with a 160mA load
The article states 1.42 volts and 1.32v. Are these numbers WITH a load (my battery tester provides 160mA) or straight voltmeter readings (essentially no load) ?
VgerNeedsTheInfo 14:35, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Voltages with or without a load? 

message: I tried finding some rechargable alkaline batteries on the www.battech.co.uk web site, but came up empty.  Pure Energy and Juice had rechargable alkaline, but I didn't really find anything else (or look very hard).  
At any rate, I'm thinking about taking out the reference to www.battech.co.uk.
Also, this article has a lot of potential (merging with recharging alkaline batteries; recycling information, etc.), but it just needs some merging or re-sectioning or something, in my opinion.  Rhetth 19:38, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  www.battech.co.uk doesn't have rechargable alkaline batteries 

message: In addition to the minor updates I did today, I also plan on adding a few images, more information generally about the composition of these batteries as well as more information about the development and history of them.
After that, I'll see how well this and the other similar article could somehow be merged into one. Then I will finalize all quotations and sources.
--Andydewar (talk) 21:13, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  More Updates to Be Made 

message: I visited the article as I have a couple of drained AAA batteries from a Chinese manufacturer and was curious about the "Do not overcharge batteries" statement that's on the battery though I suspect it's not intended to be recharged as it also says "Caution: Do not connect improperly charge or dispose of in fire. Battery may explode or leak."  The Recharging alkaline batteries article says that recharging millage may vary and this article reads like a Pure Energy advertisement and also contains quite a few unsourced statements. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to clean the article up. Marc Kupper (talk) (contribs) 20:38, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article reads like an advertisement for Pure Energy 

message: This article should discuss the Memory effect as it pertains to alkaline batteries. Do rechargeable alkaline batteries suffer from the memory effect, and if so, how do they compare to other types of rechargeable batteries? --Nekiko (talk) 03:23, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Have you read anything (reliable) about memory effect in RAM cells? That would be a starting point. --Wtshymanski (talk) 13:29, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: No Memory effect (german)   --Itu (talk) 12:44, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article should discuss the "Memory" effect 

message: There should be some mention of this and the reasons why.
 Encyclopedant (talk) 20:24, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Not so. Pol098 (talk) 10:21, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  No one seems to manufacture these anymore 

message: I wish I could find a current manufacturer of rechargeable alkalines.  Unfortunately, the Maplin Hybrids aren't relevant to this article because they do not have alkaline chemistry; they have NiMH chemistry.  They are probably quite similar to NiMH Eneloop batteries, which are also sometimes referred to as "hybrid" batteries. 75.163.173.37 (talk) 14:36, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: No more talk about Maplin "Hybrids," please

message: In what way are these batteries distinct from disposables from a manufacturing and materials viewpoint (i.e., how are they different inside, not how do you use them)? Do they require a special recharger, and do they have non-standard contact arrangements for this putpose? I have the impression that there were some batteries that had extra contacts and required a special charger, but that later batteries can be recharged in any standard NiCd/NiMH charger (http://www.maplin.co.uk/hybrid-compact-battery-charger-219525). The article needs to cover these points. My knowledge of this subject is from casual reading, not study or experience. At a pure reasonable guess, I'd guess that non-rechargeable alkalines can be recharged a few times in a suitable charger delivering very low pulsed current (so as not to produce gases faster than they can dissipate through seals not designed for the purpose), but batteries designed for recharging are basically the same but designed to handle faster gas production. This isn't even Original Research, just an educated guess. Pol098 (talk) 10:28, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Those maplin batteries are low self-discharge NiMH batteries. Those have become the norm nowadays, no shop seems to sell the "regular" NiMH batteries anymore, at least not where I live. maplin's claim "they combine the benefits of alkaline batteries" simply refers to them being sold pre-charged, unlike the older NiMH and NiCd batteries. Ssscienccce  (talk) 01:55, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Points missing 

message: Rechargeable alkalines have been around since 1975.  They are mentioned in Electronics Hobbyist 1975 Fall/Winter edition in the SuperCharger design article (p.42) for charging device to recharge NiCd's.  The Super Charger could also readily recharge zinc-carbon cells but the author, C.R. Lewart, strongly recommended against alakalines for the leakage and high pressure gases. 
"You may also run across rechargeable
alkaline batteries. They are not as popular
as NiCad batteries, but are slightly
cheaper and have similar characteristics
to NiCad batteries. They are not,
however, as long-lived."''
Hobbyists (R.A.Butterworth) were working on recharging units for zinc cells in 1974 (p. 36) and he noticed that zinc cells were readily recharged.  His design is similar to the Radio Shack Archer 10VDC/45mA universal home battery recharger that I used for 40 years till it died last week.  (sorry, I couldn't find an advertisement for it yet).  Alatari (talk) 12:31, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page needs some history