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Battery Glossary – Acid Starved Battery
This does not refer to any issue with a battery but relates to Valve Regulated Lead-Acid units (often called Sealed…
Battery Glossary – Gel Battery
Lead Acid batteries are categorized as follows: Flooded lead acid Valve Regulated Lead Acid (VRLA) – aka Sealed Lead Acid…
Battery Glossary – Cyclon Battery
The Cyclon is a type of Sealed Lead Acid battery (but often referred to as Pure Lead Batteries) and was…
Battery Glossary – Deep Cycle Battery
Some types of secondary batteries (rechargeable) vary in design in order to satisfy different consumer needs such as: Cranking batteries…
How to recycle batteries
Legal responsibilities with used batteries At the moment there are a mix of nation wide and state specific laws that…
Why don’t lead acid batteries last forever?
All rechargeable batteries degrade over time. Lead acid and sealed lead acid batteries are no exception. The question is, what…
Why do rechargeable batteries die?
There are a large variety of different battery types on the market today (see Battery types) that work in slightly…
VIDEO – How a lithium ion battery works
This excellent video from BASF covers what happens inside lithium ion batteries when they are charging and discharging. Although its…
Why don’t lithium ion batteries last forever?
Lithium ion has gone from virtually unheard of in 1990 to one of the most used battery chemistries in the…