Earlier this year, I decided to start a rechargeable battery regime at my sister’s house, after noticing that the family used a lot of AA and AAA size batteries. This is mostly because of the handheld controllers for games consoles, such as the Xbox 360 and the Wii which use batteries very quickly.
There are numerous other devices which use batteries as well, such as TV and Cable box remote controls, clocks, wireless mouse and keyboard and even the new electric soap dispensers!

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