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Step 17Recharge Batteries

Use Lithium Ion batteries for the best efficiency, and recharge them as frequent as possible. NiMH batteries must first be run down all the way, and charged full. They both do an outstanding job at being batteries.

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Aug 14, 2009. 1:56 AMWalis says:

Please don`t take this instruction so serious and read something relevant about this. For example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recharging_alkaline_batteries

!!!!!! YOU RISK INJURY , EXPLOSION, FIRE OR OTHER DAMAGE!!!!!!!
and if you are lucky, the battery will self-discharge within a day, acting as a heat source...

There is something about the "don`t recharge" sign on the alcaline batteries...

May 9, 2009. 1:38 AMgreenbeanmusicmachine says:

I think that just using rechargeable batteries is a good enough tip. so many people buy big bulk boxes of batteries and throw away pair after pair when they could just buy one pair of rechargeables and they would probably stay charged longer anyways. I got a bunch of energizer rechargeable on sale and they last a long time and when I needed a travel charger I bought Sanyo Eneloop batteries and they last for weeks on end in my camera.