Battery Articles

1. Battery Packaging and Safety
2. Battery Chargers & Battery Charging
3. Battery Maintenance
4. Battery Selection
5. Difference between Nickel Cadmium (NiCad) and Nickel Metal Hydride (NIMH) batteries
6. Battery tips & faq
7. How to keep your battery healthy

• Battery Packaging and safety

Storage batteries must be handled with care. They contain sulfuric acid (the electrolyte) and fragile lead-antimony or lead-calcium plates. The case, made of plastic or hard rubber, can be damaged by rough handling.

Cable clamps should fit properly without the need to hammer them onto the posts, possibly damaging the battery. Flush mounted cable connections should be tightened with care; tightening too much may result in damage to the battery. Use care in removing cables; too much force can result in battery damage....

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• Battery Chargers & Battery Charging

Battery chargers should always be turned off or unplugged before cables are attached or disconnected from the battery. This reduces the chance of a spark which may ignite hydrogen gas.....
- Charging nickel-based batteries
- Charging lithium-ion batteries

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• Battery Maintenance

Always keep the level of the electrolyte at the proper level. Add distilled water to raise the electrolyte level. Using other water may add undesirable minerals to the electrolyte, reducing the life of the battery. Add water to a discharged battery only when it is about to be recharged....

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• Battery Selection

Storage batteries have a limited life and need replacing when that life is over. There are several considerations to selecting the replacement battery....

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• Difference between Nickel Cadmium (NiCad) and Nickel Metal Hydride (NIMH) batteries

Both NiCad and Ni-MH batteries are rechargeable. The main difference between the two is the fact that NIMH batteries offer higher energy densities than NiCads.....

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• How to keep your battery healthy

Break In New Batteries, Charging Your Battery, Eliminate Memory Effects, Burp Your Battery, Exercise Your Battery, Battery Storage......

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