# Claims of a battery charger that can recharge Alkaline

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claims-of-a-battery-charger-that-can-recharge-alkaline/511561>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 25, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claims-of-a-battery-charger-that-can-recharge-alkaline/511561 "2009-09-25T19:44:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claims-of-a-battery-charger-that-can-recharge-alkaline/511561/41 "2009-09-29T10:07:16Z")

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> [@Alex\_Dubinsky](#):
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> Don’t mind harmonious discord.
> 
> Anyway, someone still hasn’t explained to me the core of the matter. If all alkalines are rechargeable and always have been, why has this secret been kept from the world? … Why don’t all batteries have vents or whatnot, and everyone own chargers?

Not every body does something that works and that’s proof it doesn’t? Nobody has kept any secret.

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