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Primary (non-rechargeable) Batteries

Find Lithium and Alkaline Batteries to Power Your World!

Primary batteries are a disposable, low-cost alternative to rechargeable cells. BatteryJunction.com carries all the top brands, including Panasonic, Duracell, Energizer, Rayovac and Titanium Innovations. Primary batteries are also offered in a variety of sizes including AA, AAA, C, D, 9V, CR123A and 6V lantern batteries. There are also an assortment of specialty-sized batteries for key-less entry systems, watches, calculators, cameras and more! BatteryJunction.com also offers special discounts to bulk and wholesale buyers, with box sizes reaching nearly 1,500 batteries.

What Makes Primary Batteries So Special?

Primary batteries, though often times overshadowed by rechargeable batteries, are a more reliable and practical solution for powering your life-saving electronic devices. Military professionals, for example, may not always have access to an electrical outlet to power their rechargeable cells. Search-and-rescue teams also require instant readiness and reliability from their power source. Disposable batteries offer both and are used to power most hearing aids and pacemakers for this very reason. In general, these non-rechargeable cells provide a long shelf life and a reasonable capacity, on which we can rely. Smoke detectors, for example, utilize a small current for a long time and therefore work best when powered by single-use batteries. The self-discharge of a rechargeable cell would exceed the load current and limit operation to a mere few weeks. The last thing you need from any of these life-saving tools is for them to fail due to low battery power. Non-rechargeable batteries are designed to last up to 10 years in storage and can maintain full capacity while they wait. When it's a life-saving issue, whether powering grandpa's pacemaker or maintaining mom's smoke detector, reliability is not something with which you want to mess.