What is the “Memory Effect”?

The “memory effect” (also known as battery effect, lazy battery effect or battery memory) can be seen in Ni-Cad and NiMH batteries. It is caused by the user continually re-charging the battery before being it has fully discharged. It describes one very specific situation in which certain NiCd batteries gradually lose their maximum energy capacity [...]

Sanyo to Make a New Factory for Eco-Friendly Lithium-Ion Battery

Sanyo Electric Company has announced the completion of their new factory in Hyogo, Japan, which will be the new production facility for litihum-ion rechargeable batteries made for eco-friendly vehicles. With almost 13-billion yen invested into the 43,000 sq m plant, Sanyo will be able to produce one million cells per month to start and will [...]

Classification of Cells and Batteries

Electrochemical cells and batteries are identified as primary (non-rechargeable) or secondary (rechargeable), depending on their capability of being electrically recharged. Within this classification, other classifications are used to identify particular structures or designs. Primary Cells or Batteries These batteries are not capable of being easily or effectively recharged electrically and, hence, are discharged once and [...]

Never insert a battery the wrong way again with Microsoft InstaLoad technology!

Microsoft has certainly had some ups and downs with its products over the years, but we’re pretty sure the company’s new “InstaLoad” technology falls somewhere between a home run and the best thing it’s ever done. It promises to do nothing short of redefine the way you insert batteries, and let you shove them into devices without [...]

All about Lithium-ion Batteries (1)

Lithium-ion batteries are incredibly popular these days. You can find them in laptops, PDAs, cell phones and iPods. They’re some of the most energetic rechargeable batteries available. Lithium-ion batteries have also been in the news lately, because these batteries have the ability to burst into flames occasionally. It’s not very common — just two or [...]

Why The World Needs Battery Recycling?

In today’s world batteries are a type of alternate energy that we use. Many individuals consider batteries as waste and in fact throw them away in the general dustbin. However, this very dangerous, because batteries have a heavy metals that are toxic, like alkaline, nickel metal hydride, nickel cadmium and lead acid. These heavy metals, [...]

Laptop Battery Tests

Laptop battery have a relatively short service life and are really expensive to replace. There is almost no remedy to restore the capacity of the laptop battery one it is worn out. Though the actual life of a laptop battery depends on the usage habit of the laptop computer, most of the laptop users often [...]

Characteristics of Digital Camera Battery

Some of the features such as optical zoom and resolutions of digital camera depend on the digital camera battery. The majority of digital cameras are designed to run on two or four AA size batteries. Alkaline batteries are the most common non-rechargeable batteries. They’re cheap, but their performance in digital camera is not that satisfactory. [...]

Lifetime of a Cellular Phone Battery

In the modern world people cannot live without cell phones. We need to be aware about the types of batteries that are available for the cell phones. Each type of battery is different. Initially, the nickel cadmium (Nacl) batteries were used. They were least expensive and hence affordable. The disadvantage was that it had to [...]

How to handle a Camcorder Battery Pack?

You have to take special care of your camcorder battery so that it will have a longer life span. Please remember that the battery life is much shorter in a cold environment. Therefore you should avoid, as far as possible, recording in a cold environment lest the efficiency of the battery gets decreased. Make sure [...]