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Re:Everything with a battery should have an off switch by fnimick on Monday May 09, 2022 @04:37PM (#31319383)
I wouldn't recommend this personally, having had bad experiences with poor charge circuitry in integrated chargers like these (in my case it was in a 18650 battery). Get a good charger (e.g. eneloop), and then you can get generic rechargeable batteries incredibly inexpensively for it, without risking poor charge management causing overheating or battery failure.
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Re:Everything with a battery should have an off switch by _carbyau_ on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @01:59AM (#31323948)
The same little charger circuit built into the batteries also converts the lithium battery chemistry voltage to 1.5v making them a drop in replacement for AA and AA batteries.

Or are you saying you can get 1.5V lithium rechargables that work with an external charger?

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