are there any 1.5V AAA rechargeable batteries on the consumer market?

yes my dad uses them for his palm pilot,  so i know they exist. if no one answers you with names by this weekend, i'll give him a call and find out name

yeah, i reread your post after answering, and i'm not sure that my dad's Are 1.5v, i just know they fit into the AAA slots and work in the palm, sorry

I never seen 1.5v rechargable batteries. Maybe your camera is not designed to use rechargable batteries

Hi:

Here are some which I find :

http://www.wholesalers-direct.com/1309459.html#productDetails

http://www.budgetbatteries.co.uk/cgi-bin/store/welcome.pl?productid=20163


rsdn

Hi :

Some worth reading about (NiMH), first two paragraph:

http://www.nimh-batteries.co.uk/

rsdn

Hi:

I think this is the best option if you doesn't care whether rechargebale or not :

http://www.panasonic.com.au/catalogue/details.cfm?pcode=LR03T%2F2B&pdiv=BATALK&cat=46_3

Good Luck

rsdn

hi experts,
I don't need any link for cheap rechargeable batteries because I have plenty of them already. the only problem is that the AAA rechargeable batteries I have are all 1.2V and can't work well with my camera (which requires 3V DC, and has two AAA battery sockets). are there any 1.5V rechargeables around? how about the rechargeable alkaline batteries? can they supply 1.5V DC?

I would bet the alkalines, rechargeable and non-rechargeable, both provide 1.5v - it's the same chemicals.

NI-CD and NiMH all produce 1.2 volts. There is no way they can be made to produce 1.5.  Alaline rechargeables will produce 1.5 but they are really not too satisfactory as rechargable. You can try them if you want. Recharge them often.

The alkaline rechargeables I read about (Ray-O-Vac) only had a 100 recharge capability, and you can damage them by discharging them too much.  Not really suitable for digital cameras.

are those batteries 1.5V alkaline rechargeable? http://www.rayovac.com/products/recharge/rec_alk.shtml

Those are the ones I found and have the 100-charge limit.

I currently use a battery reconditioner to 'recharge' non-rechargables, but is expensive. (From Innovations or Maplin). This has extended the life of 'low drain' batteries concideraby (5x life against the advertised 8x life) but has extended the life of 'high drain' batteries such as in my micro camera (also uses AAA cells, required at 1.5V) to only 3x life, but be warned - batteries reconditioned do have a sudden voltage/ampage drop at their life end that they can die while taking pictures AND loose all the pictures if not held in unpowered memory.

also, when we recharge a battery, the battery is generally not drained yet. does that count as a full or partial recharge cycle towards that 100 recharge limit?

Have you checked with the camera maker to see what they recommend for a replacement if available?

Keep in mind that sometimes putting in a different voltage battery will fry components that were not intended for this.  I ended up selling a digital camera for the same reason and went to a Canon G2 with a rechargable battery pack.  Works 1000% better than the smaller camera I had.

When manufacturers talk about a limit, it is how many times the battery can be recharged, so each recharge counts as 1.