FORM 3
                    UNITED STATES
         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION          _____________________
                WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549             |    OMB APPROVAL     |
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                 INITIAL STATEMENT OF               |OMB NUMBER: 3235-0104|
          BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES        |EXPIRES:             |
                                                    |   JANUARY 31, 2005  |
      Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the        |ESTIMATED AVERAGE    |
        Securities Exchange Act of 1934,            |BURDEN HOURS         |
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility          |PER RESPONSE..... 0.5|
         Holding Company Act of 1935                |_____________________|
      or Section 30(f) of the Investment
             Company Act of 1940

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1.  Name and Address of Reporting Person*

        Carmichael                 William                        P.
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       (Last)                      (First)                    (Middle)

        c/o Rayovac Corporation, 601 Rayovac Drive
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                                  (Street)

        Madison                    Wisconsin                     53711
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       (City)                      (State)                      (Zip)

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2.  Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)

        8/16/2002
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3.  I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity
    (voluntary)

        Not required.
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4.  Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

        Rayovac Corporation (ROV)
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5.  Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
    (X) Director
    ( ) 10% Owner
    ( ) Officer (give title below)
    ( ) Other (specify below)
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6.  If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)

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7.  Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
     X Form filed by One Reporting Person
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    ___Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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|1. Title of Security|2. Amount of   |3. Ownership   |4. Nature of        |
|   (Instr. 4)       |   Securities  |   Form: Direct|   Indirect         |
|                    |   Beneficially|   (D) or      |   Beneficial       |
|                    |   Owned       |   Indirect (I)|   Ownership        |
|                    |   (Instr. 4)  |   (Instr. 5)  |   (Instr. 5)       |
|--------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|

No securities owned.
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TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
          (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)

   No securities owned.
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2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

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     Date Exercisable                       Expiration Date
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3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)

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         Title                              Amount or Number of Shares
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4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

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5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct(D) or Indirect(I)
   (Instr. 5)

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6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)


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   EXPLANATION OF RESPONSES:


          /s/ James T. Lucke, as attorney-in-fact        August 19, 2002
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   **  SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON                      DATE

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    *  IF THE FORM IS FILED BY MORE THAN ONE REPORTING PERSON, SEE
       INSTRUCTION 5(b)(v).
   **  INTENTIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSIONS OF FACTS CONSTITUTE FEDERAL
       CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS. SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 AND 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

  NOTE:  FILE THREE COPIES OF THIS FORM, ONE OF WHICH MUST BE MANUALLY
         SIGNED. IF SPACE IS INSUFFICIENT, SEE INSTRUCTION 6 FOR PROCEDURE.

  POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
  CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM
  DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY VALID OMB NUMBER.
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                             POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints James T. Lucke his true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

         (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as a director of Rayovac Corporation (the
"Company"), any and all Forms 3, 4 and 5 required to be filed by the
undersigned in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

         (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any
such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

         (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be
of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned, pursuant to this Power of
Attorney, shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions
as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his discretion.

         The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that no such
attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, is hereby assuming, nor is the Company hereby assuming, any of
the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

         This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect
to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by
the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 16th day of August, 2002.


                                              /s/ William P. Carmichael
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                                              Signature


                                              William P. Carmichael
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