Originally Posted by
EliteTempleton
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If you want to use AA batteries, you might consider these:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/8e82/
Maybe they could be used in conjunction with carbonLife's posted idea?
I also plan to get some of these, and then buy things based off of AA's (Lights for the bike...etc)
Those batteries are super cool! The only drawback is they have roughly half the capacity of a regular nimh.