{"id":123,"date":"2026-04-16T17:13:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/?p=123"},"modified":"2026-04-16T17:27:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:27:25","slug":"can-you-really-recharge-alkaline-batteries-yes-you-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/?p=123","title":{"rendered":"Can you really recharge alkaline batteries? Yes\u2014you can"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>Can you really recharge alkaline batteries? Yes\u2014you can, if you do it correctly. In this video, I show how the circuit board from a common solar path light can be used as a simple, low-current charger for alkaline AA and AAA batteries. We\u2019ll talk about why alkaline batteries need to be recharged at low currents and why the simple garden light circuit works for this purpose. If you\u2019re into DIY, electronics hacks, recycling, or saving money, this is an easy project worth trying.\u00a0 Click on the picture to see my YouTube video&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RIAbkm2PwtI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-125 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mq3-300x169.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mq3-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mq3.webp 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you really recharge alkaline batteries? Yes\u2014you can, if you do it correctly. In this video, I show how the circuit board from a common solar path light can be used as a simple, low-current charger for alkaline AA and AAA batteries. We\u2019ll talk about why alkaline batteries need to be recharged at low currents &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[35,36,30,32,38,28,33,29,34,37,27,31],"class_list":{"0":"post-123","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-aa-battery-recharge","8":"tag-aaa-battery-recharge","9":"tag-battery-charging-hack","10":"tag-battery-recycling-alternative","11":"tag-budget-friendly-diy","12":"tag-diy-battery-charger","13":"tag-electronics-diy","14":"tag-homemade-battery-charger","15":"tag-maker-projects","16":"tag-off-grid-power","17":"tag-recharge-alkaline-batteries","18":"tag-save-money-on-batteries","19":"anons"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130,"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}