Best way to get rechargeable AAA batteries?

[Junpei]

I am making a Tatra 6x6 with 6 XL motors, so I need a lot of power (more than the LiPo batteries provide), so I decided to use 3 AAA battery boxes, but that's 18 AAA batteries, and I don't want to waste that many. The best way I could get them was 20 of them with the chargers for about 75 usd, which is way too much, probably because I would need 5 chargers for the number of batteries. Does anyone know if there are larger chargers that can charge more than 12 batteries at once or somewhere to get them for a better price?

[JopieK]

so the important question is: what kind of batteries are you looking at. You know that a typical rechargeable battery only provides 1.2 Volts don't you? A normal Alkaline gives 1.5 Volts.

Maybe have a look at the Dealextreme site?!

[Doc_Brown]

I have never seen more than 4 AAA batteries charger before.

I think 2 AAA battery boxes would be fine, cos I'm running 4XL, and a servo on 1 atm and its good! V2 IR.

so the important question is: what kind of batteries are you looking at. You know that a typical rechargeable battery only provides 1.2 Volts don't you? A normal Alkaline gives 1.5 Volts.

That's actually not true, with good quality rechargeable, such as Every-ready, you get 1.4 V out of a good charge. Incidentally, a brand new fresh Alkaline is normally around 1.62 Volts.

[Eigenbroetler]

here is a charger fo 8 AAA batteries at once:

http://www.powerbase...duct.php?id=112

EDIT:;

And here is another one

http://www.onlybatteries.com/showitem.asp?ItemID=10851

Edited June 1, 2013 by Eigenbroetler

[JopieK]

@Doc_Brown: well you are just too hasty in denying my claims. I said TYPICAL batteries.

I consider GP as a HQ brand: http://dx.com/s/gp+battery you see their Ni-MH provide 1.2 Volts. Of course one can even buy rechargeable alkaline batteries. So it depends on the kind of batteries just as I stated.

[Junpei]

@Eigenbroetler Thank you for the links, but I couldn't find any way to find the price or buy them (the one in the second link).

[Doc_Brown]

@Doc_Brown: well you are just too hasty in denying my claims. I said TYPICAL batteries.

I consider GP as a HQ brand: http://dx.com/s/gp+battery you see their Ni-MH provide 1.2 Volts. Of course one can even buy rechargeable alkaline batteries. So it depends on the kind of batteries just as I stated.

Apologies, I didn't explain myself well, What I meant to say is that my rechargeable say 1.2 volts but when read with a multimeter and fully charged says 1.4 v