General Battery Articles

This 4 minute video by TEDed explains how the battery came about, how it works and what we might expect…

From Benjamin Franklin’s tinkering with glass jars in 1749 to cells so small and flexible they can be integrated within…

For a transcript of this timeline see the article History of the battery.

This is a list of popular commercially available battery types. For a full list of battery types that have ever…

There are a large variety of different battery types on the market today (see Battery types) that work in slightly…

In this article we’ll look at different ways to build a battery bank (and ways not to) for amp hour…

There are two ways to wire batteries together, parallel and series. The illustrations below show how these set wiring variations…

There are two ways to wire batteries together, parallel and series. The illustration below show how these wiring variations can…

In our constant drive to reduce global warming and climate change we see wind, sea and solar power as possible…