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I take apart (willingly) a trashy 9V Nickel Metal Hydride rechargeable battery, branded GodP, and find seven poor quality cylindrical cells wired in series.
Then I take apart (reluctantly) a high quality Vapex 9V NiMH battery and find 7 prismatic (or cuboid) cells which properly fill the space inside the plastic case.

By Julian

Youtuber, shed dweller, solar charge controller aficionado

9 thoughts on “What’s inside a 9v nimh rechargeable battery?”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars vBDKv says:

    I remember buying 10 rechargeable 9v batteries from China. They were supposed to be pit in smoke detectors and various tools. It only took 1 week before the first battery fell apart. It literally fell apart as I was about to recharge it. I'm only using Varta these days, that's quality for cheap.

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars blaser says:

    I've also come across 9V NiMH cells that have 7 AAAA cells in series, that was from the Uniross brand.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars LowMan Josh says:

    Great video thank you so I'm best off staying with my pro cell 9 volts as non of the rechargeable 9 volts are actually a full 9 volt as they are 7 cells at 1.2 volts same with most lithium ion "9 volt" are over voltage or under voltage and like you said create noise in audio equipment in say a bass guitar preamp

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars HL65536 says:

    Thanks for saving me from opening up some by myself. I always wondered what is in them. Now I even wonder if opening them to extract some of the tiny cells might be worth it to power some tiny gadgets I'm planning to build.

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars J. D. says:

    3 x 3.2v?

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ross Gordon Wensor says:

    Thanks for the video Have just purchased some 9v batteries from AliExpress and wondered why they were so light in weight. I'm just waiting for a rechargeable battery charger. Have you ever made at all? the brand i purchased is PALO 9V 6F22 Ni-MH for my Multimeters . Also I'm waiting on a ANENG 618C Digital Multimeter Smart Touch DC Analog Bar True RMS Auto Tester Professional Transistor Capacitor NCV Testers Meter await you testing one of these. Seem really great for a DIY person. Keep up the good work Ross Tga NZ

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars kiran ranjitkar says:

    He forgot the battery capacities compared to the size.

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars stclairstclair says:

    Postal scale my ass, That's how we weighed our pot as kids!

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Christopher Guy says:

    It was very interesting to see the construction of the different NiMh 9 volt batteries and it was obvious why the cheap one performed so poorly. I don't like the idea of boosting a 3.7 v battery to 9v, seems like you would waste a significant amount of energy. What about 8 NiMh AA cells in a holder? You would get 9.6v nominal at 2000 mAh or so or if the voltage is too high just shunt one of the cell compartments.

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