A charging control system (600A, 600B) for charging an ohmically modulated rechargeable battery (601, 1401) comprising: an ohmically modulated battery (601, 1401) comprising at least one negative terminal (120, 122) and at least one positive terminal for operating the battery (601, 1401) at a low resistance level, and at least one high resistance terminal (122, 123, 125) electrically connected to at least one resistor sheet (112, 113, 212) within a cell (213a, 213b) of the battery (601, 1401) or between cells (213a, 213b) of the battery (601, 1401) for operating the battery (601, 1401) at a high resistance level, a temperature sensor (608, 1408) configured to monitor a temperature of the battery (601, 1401); a switch (124, 224) that can electrically engage the battery (601, 1401) to a source of electrical current through either a low-resistance terminal or the at least one high-resistance terminal (122, 123, 125) of the battery (601, 1401); and a controller (604, 1404) electrically connected to the temperature sensor (608, 1408) and the switch (124, 224) and that can receive input from the temperature sensor (608, 1408) and is programmed to determine whether to electrically engage the battery (601, 1401) to the source of electrical current through either the low-resistance terminal or the high-resistance terminal (122, 123, 125) through the switch (124, 224) based on input from the temperature sensor (608, 1408), characterised in that the at least one resistor sheet includes two tabs (112a, 112b) with one tab electrically connected to the at least one high resistance terminal and the other tab electrically connected to either the at least one negative terminal or the at least one positive terminal. an ohmically modulated battery (601, 1401) comprising at least one negative terminal (120, 122) and at least one positive terminal for operating the battery (601, 1401) at a low resistance level, and at least one high resistance terminal (122, 123, 125) electrically connected to at least one resistor sheet (112, 113, 212) within a cell (213a, 213b) of the battery (601, 1401) or between cells (213a, 213b) of the battery (601, 1401) for operating the battery (601, 1401) at a high resistance level, a temperature sensor (608, 1408) configured to monitor a temperature of the battery (601, 1401); a switch (124, 224) that can electrically engage the battery (601, 1401) to a source of electrical current through either a low-resistance terminal or the at least one high-resistance terminal (122, 123, 125) of the battery (601, 1401); and a controller (604, 1404) electrically connected to the temperature sensor (608, 1408) and the switch (124, 224) and that can receive input from the temperature sensor (608, 1408) and is programmed to determine whether to electrically engage the battery (601, 1401) to the source of electrical current through either the low-resistance terminal or the high-resistance terminal (122, 123, 125) through the switch (124, 224) based on input from the temperature sensor (608, 1408), characterised in that the at least one resistor sheet includes two tabs (112a, 112b) with one tab electrically connected to the at least one high resistance terminal and the other tab electrically connected to either the at least one negative terminal or the at least one positive terminal.