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Scott Dorsey (kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov) wrote:

: I would bet that the charger you saw was for standard carbon-zinc cells.
: The carbon-zinc batteries can be recharged somewhat, but they won't work
: terribly well afterward and you can only get one or two rechargings out
: of them.  Rechargers for these batteries were quite popular back before
: NiCds and alkaline cells came out.

I don't know if I go along with this one.  My dad uses carbon-zinc cells,
and recharges them many many times before they don't take a charge.  I
don't know the details on the charger, but it's a cheapie, so it can't be
anything TOO special.

Perhaps the type of load you are driving with the battery effects how well
it responds to charging?  He uses the batteries mostly in a radio, low
current, non-inductive load.

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