It started a few nights ago I want to take some digital pictures to post on a web sight. I got out my 3.1 mega pixal and the rechargable batteries were dead no suprise since I had not used the camera in a few months. I took out the batteries and put them in the charger that came with the camera says it takes 4 hours. I then tried the extra set of rechargable batteries they were dead too still not as big as suprise for 3 months sitting so I put them in a 2 hour charger. Well I still wanted to take pictures and not wait for 2 hours I grabbed my car cd player and the almost new 2.5 amp hour AA rechargable batteries from it. I put them in the camera and they died before the camera even booted up I still didn't really think this was wierd since I had used the cd player a bit. I put those batteries in the 15 min charger and 15 mins later put 2 of them in the camera and used it with no problems. The next day my power went out and I wanted to watch the news to see why there was a blackout so I grab my little hand held TV, its dead. I then think no problem I have all the AA batteries I just charged up for the camera I put in set from the 4 hour charger they die in less than 1 min, then I grab set of batteries from the 2 hour charger they die too now I am thinking those old batteries just must have went bad from sitting around. I grab the set from the 15 charger they are dead then take set from the camera they are dead too. I put the 2 hour charger on my dresser this morning and a few mintues ago I hear a noise of a battery hitting the wall(scared the piss out of me) I walk over see the charger sitting upside down on the dresser and one of the batteries that was inside it on the floor near far wall. My computer UPS also was dead during the blackout.

That sounds very interseting, it flipped over on it's own, no currents at all running through this? I ask cause perhaps the batteries charged up made it bolt over?, that would be a logic answer other than that you might of had a visitor...

I have had no end of trouble with my own 2 MP Kodak digitial camera - the batteries are containstly drained, after only a few pics, and cheaper non-rechargeables? Feggedabout it - they're dead quick. Some rechargeable batteries have a "threshold", where if you charge them to, that is their NEW max, even if they held more than that before - what I did to mine was accidentally "charged them down" to only lasting a few pics.

As far as the physical movement, no comment.

I had an experience a few days ago, when at a haunting site, my brothers battery on his cell phone (fully charged, full signal) suddenly died, then came back on once we left, ghosts do weird things to the air !

omg, don't even get me started on digital cam batteries....