[dorkbotsea-blabber] i should probably know this, but,..

[alex at alexcphoto.com]

I am stumped, does anyone know,.. is a 9v rechargeable really 9v or is it really 7.2 volts (6, 1.2v cells packaged rather than 6, 1.5v cells packaged together) or do they squeeze 8 cells (2 additional than a standard 9v package) in there to make it 9.6v?,.. iv never cracked one open to find out,.. and I am thinking of using them as a power source for something, but I need to know before I order, do they trend closer to 7.2v or 9.6 volts at peak,.. ?

Also along the same line,.. does anyone have a source for cheep 1/2-AAA batteries,.. iv been hunting but the few places iv found them are always out of stock,.. nothing at frys, nothing at radio shack, nothing at the usual battery resellers on line,.. nothing on a google or amazon search,.. 

example:
http://www.all-battery.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1783

Thanks