Battery storage

[Sparky415]

Battery storage

Does anyone have any good ideas of how to organise your rechargeable batteries?
I have a little pile of 'empties' on the left of the charger and a couple of 'charged' on the right of the charger,
A bit untidy, 
Any ideas please? 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

This is what I use mate

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemVersion&item=390110336207&view=all&tid=94606685026

[Benner]

I have moulded AA battery holders and then number sets so I know what are dead etc.

[Sparky415]

Can't see the pic Mate 

'This purchased item information is no longer available'

[Sparky415]

I have moulded AA battery holders and then number sets so I know what are dead etc.

Holders marked empty and charged?
Sets of batteries with numbers taped on them?

[Benner]

No, just holders with the batteries numbered - say 3 sets of 4, 4 of them numbered one, then 4 numbered 2 etc.  I then use them in order, the "3's" followed by the ones again.

[Sparky415]

I'm getting in a mess with which ones are charged or not
Thought I would ask here for ideas so I'm still thinking....... needs to be easy for me to do without putting in any effort 

[Blackbeard]

Get some small plastic storage bins/organizers with multiple compartments inside, and some have movable plastic slats so you can adjust the size in the interior. You can find them at hardware or fishing supply stores.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM197754047P?keyword=plastic+storage+tackile+box

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00912288000P?keyword=plastic+organizers

[Neil]

I'm getting in a mess with which ones are charged or not
Thought I would ask here for ideas so I'm still thinking....... needs to be easy for me to do without putting in any effort 

Count up number of batteries you have, grab a lump of wood and drill that many holes about 30mm deep with a 15mm bit.  Job done

Put your flat cells in your fancy pants new holder negative up and your charged ones positive up

[P35]

keep mine in the charger, trickle keeps them topped off .

[Black Rose]

keep mine in the charger, trickle keeps them topped off .

That's a great way to ruin your batteries.

[Black Rose]

Battery storage

Does anyone have any good ideas of how to organise your rechargeable batteries?

This pic is about a year and a half old (I have even more batteries now), but this is what I keep my charged batteries and any primary cells in (I've gotten rid of most of my alkaline cells)

I have moulded AA battery holders and then number sets so I know what are dead etc.

Holders marked empty and charged?
Sets of batteries with numbers taped on them?

I have some AA & AAA battery cases I got at one of the local dollar store chains.
They are divided in half, one side has "New" on it and "used" on the other.

[Sparky415]

Thanks for all the ideas Guys 

Still open to suggestions (I need to make it fool proof) 

[Blackbeard]

Aside from my case idea, your next best solution is to get a multimeter so u can see which ones are charged/dead

[P35]

keep mine in the charger, trickle keeps them topped off .

That's a great way to ruin your batteries.

not if you have a quality charger

[AHB]

Rubberbands..? Green - Charged / Red - Dead...  

[cerbera147]

This pic is about a year and a half old (I have even more batteries now), but this is what I keep my charged batteries and any primary cells in (I've gotten rid of most of my alkaline cells)

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That's a helluva lot of batteries 

[NutSAK]

keep mine in the charger, trickle keeps them topped off .

That's a great way to ruin your batteries.

not if you have a quality charger

The only type of cell that should be trickle charged is lead acid.  According to battery manufacturers NiCd, NiMH, and Li-Ion (especially Li-Ion) should not be constantly trickle charged, regardless of what charger you have--though the charger manufacturer may claim it's OK.  A .01C - .05C trickle would be OK for 12-24 hours or so, but any amount of trickle charging beyond that will reduce the overall service life of a NiMH or NiCD cell.

If you have quality (LSD) NiMH cells, they don't need to be trickle charged.  They will be at ~80% charge after sitting on a shelf for a year.  If you want a lower self-discharge rate than that, pop your cells in a sealed container in the refrigerator.

I'm with Black Rose.  I use a similar setup for my 60 or so NiMH and Li-Ion cells.

[Black Rose]

This pic is about a year and a half old (I have even more batteries now), but this is what I keep my charged batteries and any primary cells in (I've gotten rid of most of my alkaline cells)

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That's a helluva lot of batteries  

Those are just the spares.

I currently have 164 NiMh batteries (AA, AAA, C, D), 6 Li-Ion cells (need more), around 40 Energizer Lithium AAs, and 24 CR123A lithium primaries.

I had more NiMh cells, but I gave 24 of them to a CPFer.

[freethink]

@ blackrose:  Wow, that's impressive.  I was going to post my refrigerator setup, but it's pathetic compared to that.