Recharging Batteries To Save Money, And Better Than Buying New

People have a great many batteries in their homes and their cost is even greater

. The cost, however, of buying non-rechargeable batteries for our toys, games and small appliances goes far beyond money because the question arises of how to dispose of dead batteries.

For some people, they throw their non-rechargeable into the trash. Once they leave their hands, the batteries are no longer their concern. To them, it does not matter that the batteries will end up in a landfill, eventually splitting open and leaking out their acid into the soil and the water table.

Other people are more concerned, so they do not just throw the battery away. However, without an adequate and easy way to dispose of them, they have drawers and boxes filled with dead batteries of varying sizes, also running the risk of eventual compromise and leakage, this time in their own homes.

Buying a rechargeable battery and the charger that recharges them may seem more expensive in the beginning. However, while the initial cost is more, the lifetime cost is far lower. If it is handled properly, the rechargeable battery can be used for repeated cycles, saving numbers of batteries that will not have to be carted to a landfill or take up space in a drawer.

If you look at the price of the batteries you purchase, for the most common size, AA, the price can range from a single dollar at the dollar store for a package of the store brand to almost five dollars for the same number of batteries with a nationally known brand name. The amount of use that you will get from the batteries will vary from brand to brand and from pack to pack, so you may have to buy batteries again the following week, or you could go a month without needing to buy anymore. While this may seem like a minimal cost, consider these batteries are each for one item and most homes have several battery needs of different sizes. Keeping all of your items running could become quite expensive, very quickly.

The rechargeable batteries can be put into the charger over night. The non-rechargeable batteries waste more than just money, they waste time and energy as well. They never give you a warning that they are going losing their charge, although some of the devices that use them might, and will usually lose their charge just when you need them the most. Faced with not having the video games for a long car trip to keep children busy and quiet, most families will pull over and pay any amount at the nearest gas station for their batteries.

by: Ezra Drissman

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