{"id":165,"date":"2026-04-17T17:21:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/?p=165"},"modified":"2026-04-17T17:59:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:59:41","slug":"diy-build-a-simple-alkaline-battery-charger-for-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/?p=165","title":{"rendered":"DIY Build a Simple Alkaline Battery Charger for $20"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>This time I show you how $20 builds a simple battery charger that can recharge just about any battery you have, including Alkaline, Ni-Cd, Ni-MH, and Li-ion cells \u2014 correctly and effectively. No expensive parts, this is a budget-friendly, beginner-safe build using easy-to-find components. Perfect for DIYers, preppers, tinkerers, and anyone tired of throwing away \u201cdead\u201d batteries. If you\u2019re into battery hacking, solar charging, recycling electronics, or simple DIY projects, this one\u2019s for you.\u00a0 Click the picture for the video&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RJqF-sEnzQY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-166 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mq2-300x169.webp\" alt=\"DIY Build a Simple Alkaline Battery Charger for $20\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mq2-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mq2.webp 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This time I show you how $20 builds a simple battery charger that can recharge just about any battery you have, including Alkaline, Ni-Cd, Ni-MH, and Li-ion cells \u2014 correctly and effectively. No expensive parts, this is a budget-friendly, beginner-safe build using easy-to-find components. Perfect for DIYers, preppers, tinkerers, and anyone tired of throwing away &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[39,45,43,42,28,33,34,40,41,37,46,27,44,31],"class_list":{"0":"post-165","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-alkaline-battery-recharge","9":"tag-battery-recycling","10":"tag-budget-diy-electronics","11":"tag-cheap-battery-charger","12":"tag-diy-battery-charger","13":"tag-electronics-diy","14":"tag-maker-projects","15":"tag-nicd-battery-charger","16":"tag-nimh-battery-charger","17":"tag-off-grid-power","18":"tag-prepper-power","19":"tag-recharge-alkaline-batteries","20":"tag-recharge-any-battery","21":"tag-save-money-on-batteries","22":"anons"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165","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=165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydiyaddiction.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}