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Lost a charger? In a public place with no charge? Don't fret, head to your local cell phone recharger with jacks for all brands. Simply plug and chug!
Emerency cell charger
http://shop.store.y...aveltools1/m93.html
This one is battery powered (AAA), but I've seen those that run on a chemical reaction as well (can't find a link, though) [bristolz, Nov 22 2001, last modified Oct 17 2004]
For small fee, charging "lockers".
http://www.chargebox.com/
[jutta, Aug 19 2006]
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Baked at the last two Glastonbury festivals. |
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One where you could trade your flat battery for a fully charged one would be good. A quick test of the current battery, to make sure it''s not a complete lemon, and change for a fully charged one.
A professionally run place like that could maximise battery lives buy ensuringn that they are always fully charged from flat. |
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Why would you trust the exchanged one any less than the original battery, or any other object which you received from a hopefully reputable vendor? If they give you bad batteries, complain to the BBB and take your business elsewhere. |
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Reputable battery exchangers would of course test the returned batteries, and dock your credit card after the fact if it turned out not to hold its charge. |
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This could all be automatic -- could easily be a vending machine. |
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I'm not sure that taking care of batteries actually helps their life. As far as age, perhaps batteries should have an internal odometer. (They already have a little computer which tracks their current charge; adding an itty bit of flash shouldn't be very expensive.) |
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BBB stands for Better Business Bureau; perhaps it's a USA-specific thing. It's a chain of local organizations that you're supposed to call when you feel you've been treated unfairly (but not so unfairly that you'd call the cops). I don't know much about them, they're just canonical "people you call when you want to complain about a business". |
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