Rechargeable Battery Information & Products| Charging your Electric World » Primary Batteries http://batteryboulevard.com Our goal is to provide a place where inquiry and research find answers. We want to satisfy a wide spectrum of battery users, from the experienced technician who has been somewhat skeptical about newer rechargeable battery technology, and the average household consumer intimidated with anything too complicated. This site is our way of sharing information with you and ensuring you emerge an educated battery consumer. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:34:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en Lithium and Alkaline - The Primary Battery http://batteryboulevard.com/lithium-and-alkaline-the-primary-battery/ http://batteryboulevard.com/lithium-and-alkaline-the-primary-battery/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:00:07 +0000 April Lankford, Technical Director & Editor http://batteryboulevard.com/lithium-and-alkaline-the-primary-battery/ We all have used primary batteries. They are the ones you buy at the supermarket checkout stand. They are “use once and throw away” batteries. Also called alkaline batteries, primary batteries are what our parents and we have used for decades. Today, any battery that cannot be recharged, and needs to be disposed of is called a primary battery.

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The word “primary” means the first of its kind. The term “primary battery” has developed to mean the first battery, the historical “non-rechargeable battery”. Most of us have used hundreds of primary batteries, and traditionally these non-rechargeable batteries were the first and only type we had to use.

Rechargeable batteries have been around for several decades, but recharging conventional AA, AAA, C-cell, or D-cell batteries is fairly new concept. It is only in the last five years that these commonly used batteries sizes could be reliably recharged for use. For a long time the concept of a rechargeable AA or AAA battery was not taken seriously. The technology was not developed enough to be trusted.

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