admin @ July 11, 2009 # 8 Comments
It looks like Volkswagen and Sanyo have joined forces to work on an efficient lithium-ion battery to go into the next generation of hybrids for Volkswagen.
As companies clamor over each other to perfect hybrids and eventually more all-electric vehicles the race is on to develop the best and brightest combination with balance between performance, safety, [...]
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A customer called up to express his joy at receiving his new wheel chair batteries. He was so happy with the performance that he felt he needed to call us to tell of his experience.
We have three grade levels of batteries for wheelchairs and this particular guy purchased our top of the line “Chairman” brand [...]
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Granted this is a question we hear mostly in the winter, it is however a question we get asked from time to time.
In a partially discharged state, the electrolyte in a lead acid battery may freeze. At a 40% state of charge, electrolyte will freeze if the temperature reaches approximately 16.0°F (8.9°C).
The freezing temperature of [...]
admin @ July 11, 2009 # 2 Comments
Every once in a while we get questions from our customers asking to define some of the terms that they find on their battery. So here is a short list of some of the more common terms and their definitions.
Volt – This is a measure of electrical potential. The volt is named after Alessandro Volta [...]
admin @ July 11, 2009 # 3 Comments
Now we all know that there is a time that the battery in your device will have gone through enough charge/discharge cycles that it decides to not play anymore and you need to replace it. There are ways you can tell that your battery just won’t last much longer. Such as when the device lasts [...]
admin @ May 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The “AH” that you see on most batteries stands for amp-hour. What this basically means is one amp for one hour, or 10 amps for 1/10 of an hour and so forth. It is amps X hours. If you have something that pulls 20 amps, and you use it for 20 minutes, then the amp-hours [...]
admin @ May 21, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I know this can be a bit confusing as the abbreviations to these are CA and CCA, respectively. Now the cranking amps (CA) are frequently called marine cranking amps (MCA) to add a little to the confusion. What the difference boils down to:
-Cold Cranking Amps are how many amps the battery can maintain for 30 [...]
admin @ May 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Free warning this will be a bit of a rant more than anything else. As with most things right now prices are going up. There are several reasons for this, both factual and conjecture.
One fact that is undeniable is the fact that a year ago lead was under 50 cents a pound and is now [...]
admin @ March 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Make your laptop battery last longer
Here are a couple quick tips to help your laptop last a little bit longer so you’ll have the power needed to do that last little bit of work done before your battery dies on you.
1. Turn your brightness down on your screen. The brighter the screen the more power [...]
admin @ March 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A Swedish inventor named Waldmar Jungner came up with the nickel-cadmium battery in 1899. Back then, the materials were expensive compared to other battery types available and its use was limited to special applications. In 1932, the active materials were placed inside a porous nickel-plated electrode and in 1947 research began on a sealed nickel-cadmium [...]
