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DrPizza

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I know that Eneloops are a favorite for rechargeable batteries.

But, if I wanted to order a crapload of non-rechargeable AAA batteries (graphing calculators), anyone have any recommendations? By crapload, I mean an alternator sized box of batteries. (600-800 batteries.) Don't waste your time searching for me (thanks though if you did) - I just know that there are so many brands that people haven't heard of (eneloops) that are high quality, and so many that are crap quality, vs. the regular big name batteries.

Thanks!


edit: make that 800 batteries.
 
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SandEagle said:
best price i found online: 200 duracells, 29 cents each
http://www.ebay.com/itm/200-PCS-Dur...t=US_Single_Use_Batteries&hash=item589f31f302

rayovac sells in 500 pc boxes. must create account to view price
http://www.rayovacindustrial.com/824-BULKD-Alkaline-AAA-Size-500-batteriescase-P218C84.aspx
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Thanks, I registered on the Royovac site - oddly, after signing up, I'll receive my account log-in information in a few days via e-mail.

I hadn't looked much - I had gotten an email from another teacher in my department; she was looking at 50-something cents each; I knew I could do better if I spent time searching, but figured someone here might simply know of a best source. I've since gotten another email with 30ish cents per; name brand.
 
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I get bricks of 100 at Lowes for under $20 on sale. It's their Utilitech brand, not sure how that compares to others' searches.
 
Rubycon

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Calcs aren't high drain devices, you could get away with heavy duty cells instead of alkalines. ;)
 
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DrPizza said:
I know that Eneloops are a favorite for rechargeable batteries.

But, if I wanted to order a crapload of non-rechargeable AAA batteries (graphing calculators), anyone have any recommendations? By crapload, I mean an alternator sized box of batteries. (600-800 batteries.) Don't waste your time searching for me (thanks though if you did) - I just know that there are so many brands that people haven't heard of (eneloops) that are high quality, and so many that are crap quality, vs. the regular big name batteries.

Thanks!


edit: make that 800 batteries.
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dollar tree.
$1 for 4 alkaline

cheapest anywhere for alkaline.
ignore everything that says heavy duty or super heavy duty.
 
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Rubycon said:
Calcs aren't high drain devices, you could get away with heavy duty cells instead of alkalines. ;)
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huh.. wha?

super heavy duty 9v is better bang for the buck than alkaline for my smoke alarm in my house?
 
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JEDI said:
huh.. wha?

super heavy duty 9v is better bang for the buck than alkaline for my smoke alarm in my house?
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Actually if you go for lithium manganese dioxide 9V, it should be good in a smoke alarm for ten years! At about ten dollars, it saves money and fooling with the batteries. Good for alarms out of reach, etc.

For higher drain devices alkalines tend to do better. Beware these cells will leak if left in a device that has a small drain and kills the battery. 30 years ago they were sealed much better and wrapped in sheet steel. Now they are all made in China and (of course) leak proof-ness is no longer assured. They may have much lower mercury (BFD!)....

Speaking of Hg cells, anyone remember the 9V substitutes you could get in mercury? They were lower voltage (8.4V) but did not have a slanted discharge profile and had much higher capacity. Of course the chief disadvantage of their chemistry was when 100% discharged they had a LOT of free mercury in them. I'm talking like nearly enough to fill a fever thermometer in each cell and the 9V rect. had six cells! :eek:
 
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one of my minions just did a science project on this. granted, it was D batteries in a flashlight, and a super small sample size, but maxell batteries lasted the longest.

we did rayovac, rayovac heavy duty, duracell, energizer max, panasonic, maxell and one other that i cant remember atm.
 
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Rubycon said:
Can't argue with > 500 plays!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uv1PxInJnY

Modernized version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObeWj2YJCJM



:biggrin:
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LOL at Maxell blown away guy. Really maxing out that 15 minutes of fame everyone is supposed to get! At this rate he'll get 15 decades of fame.

Maxell actually made batteries before audio tapes. The company's name stands for Maximum Capacity Dry Cell. They made audio tapes from the left over waste of making batteries.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72Wgnd7139k
 
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DrPizza said:
Thanks, I registered on the Royovac site - oddly, after signing up, I'll receive my account log-in information in a few days via e-mail.

I hadn't looked much - I had gotten an email from another teacher in my department; she was looking at 50-something cents each; I knew I could do better if I spent time searching, but figured someone here might simply know of a best source. I've since gotten another email with 30ish cents per; name brand.
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Duracell's for 0.24 at the 800 level.

Non-name brand is 0.07 each at the 800 level.

http://www.cheap-batteries.com/DUBU.html
 
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