Is this device designed to charge alkaline batteries too? Is it recommended?
1242394
It will only CHARGE SOLAR Battery. HOWEVER, it has the capability to TEST to see if your alkaline battery has any power.It has saved me money by letting me know which alkaline's are good AND RECHARGES SOLAR BATTERIES. Good for price.
1242395
I do not know, but I do know it does not work well either way. Pay good money for good quality.
1242396
No it is not. This only works for rechargables only. It works pretty well. I found it worth the money.
267468
The battery charger is designed to charge the batteries and not to act as a power supply. I do have a new model just out that will milk olmost 4 gallons of milk. I will be putting it up on Amazon very soon. If you are interested in that milkier right now please let me know also send me youre e-mail address the new unit is 109.00 and shipping Thank You Dan Dansha Farms
1597421
I have come to the conclusion that this works best at recharging batteries then anything else. I have 2 batteries that charge with this and it works fine. One battery is from the same company. I would think that any battery as long as it is compliant with the USB specs should charge fine.
1776989
If I am understanding your question correctly, the answer is no; you can also use alkaline batteries, but this recharger pack has a much better battery life and in the long run saves you more money.
288882
It works well on alkaline batteries, and for the most part, those *are* regular batteries. I am not so sure about lead acid batteries (the old 'regular' before alkalinie was invented. But I might have tried such and got some to charge. Can't remember the results though.
1745735
It comes with (and takes) one AA battery. You could use a Ni-Cad other such rechargeable I guess. I use alkaline though for three reasons: it is hard to get a charger for one AA at a time; alkaline batteries last a long time, 6 months heavy use on cheapo that came with; and I don't have to keep a battery charged up for when I get low.
562993
Rechargeables is all I use it for really... I really couldn't say it reads incorrectly as I have nothing to compare it to... it lets me know which ones have comparable charges & whether a battery is uncharged or not. I do note that new alkaline batteries show a higher total charge than a fully charged rechargeable. I think as long as you determine what baseline is for your fully charged batteries, this works just fine. If you need to know the exact numerical charge for batteries, this isn't the tester for you.
1927580
As long as you are not charging alkaline or lithium batteries, you should be fine. Ni-Cds, yes definitely. Great little charger.
1946042
It will charge all (C,D,AA,AAA--Alk,NI-MH,NI-Cd,) Also can charge something that needs a USB plug that takes 1amp or 2amp. It works- I have charged all the different batteries and my cell phone etc. Works great and will save you money.
574080
As far as I know you must replace the batteries, not charge them. And it is poorly designed electrically/electronically to use any type of rechargeable battery. I know as I tired. It drains a rechargeable to darn quick. Alkaline are not much better, even though it was designed for those. I went back to using manual mechanical ones.
1564029
This charger CAN recharge NiMH batteries as well as the included Alkaline batteries. I wouldn't try standard disposable alkalines, but I use it for my sizable collection of NiMHs as well - in fact, I bought it to replace a failed charger that blew up four of my newer NiMH batteries.
2072734
Not directly, it only holds AA batteries. However if you a AAA charger with a USB plug I'd imagine it would charge them. It may lose some efficiency though if it has to convert wattage/voltage. Hope this helps!
1516633
It can charge up to 4 batteries, so far we have used it on both C & D batteries, on alkaline as well as rechargeables.
326938
Sorry, I didn't use it to only charge the batteries. I just use for devices with the AA or AAA battery.
1539054
I primarily use it for a 3.7 volt lithium battery. It does charge AA and AAA batteries.
1084096
It will accept any nimh or NiCAD rechargeable battery. Not recommended for alkaline rechargeables. I've used the the charger for 2700mah lenmar AA, synergy 2800mah AA, Sanyo eneeloop, 2500mah, energizer 2300mah, etc. it will also charge many AAA Nihm, and NiCAD rechargeables.
907074
Probably not, if it is a 3 pin connector the charger you are supposed to use probably is monitoring the temperature of the batteries while charging. If you are good with electronics you can probably get this to work by wiring in a connector, but it may decrease the life of the batteries and not charge them correctly.