This video is about the Viatek Model RE02 battery charger. In addition to Ni-Cd and Ni-MH batteries, which are re-chargeable, this device also claims to re-charge alkaline batteries. Alkaline batteries are not considered re-chargeable. If you put them into the charger, they will take a charge and they will measure 1.5 volts, but how much energy was actually put back into the battery?
In this experiment, I use a smoke alarm to measure the relative amount of energy there is in alkaline batteries. The smoke alarm draws a small steady current. The smoke alarm will signal low battery when the battery voltage drops below 1.35. The length of time it takes to go from full charge (1.5volts) to low battery (1.35 volts) will provide a measure of the relative amount of energy. I start with new fresh batteries. I let the smoke alarm run down to low battery and record the number of days. I then recharge the batteries and place them back into the smoke alarm and let it run until the low battery signal chirps again. I repeated the process 2 more times. Each time the batteries took a charge and measured 1.5 volts, but the length of time they ran was dramatically shorter than new batteries and became shorter with each charge.
This video is a follow up to an earlier video I made in 2018 on the same subject. On that video I did not have quantifiable measurements. Many comments were posted by people who claimed they routinely re-charge alkaline batteries with good results. My experiment shows that, although the alkaline battery appears to take a charge, the amount of energy put back into the battery is actually very small, and gets smaller with subsequent re-charges.
Prior video: • Alkaline Battery Recha...
4 окт 2024