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| Battery Web’s Customer Service Toots Their Horn! |
| 2008-06-30 16:12:38 |
We at Batteryweb strive to give the best customer service as possible. There is an old adage “You can’t please everybody” however we do give it a heck of a try. Below are a handful of the emails we receive from our customers letting us know how we’re doing.
John from OH writes: You have a [...]...
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| Battery Powered Bug |
| 2008-06-27 18:41:31 |
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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| Can Batteries Freeze In The Winter? |
| 2008-06-26 04:19:12 |
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 [...]...
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| Are Your Batteries Dead or Is It Time To Replace Your Electronics? |
| 2008-06-25 08:01:18 |
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 [...]...
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| Defining Power |
| 2008-06-24 18:07:03 |
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 [...]...
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| How to connect a battery in Parallel to Extend Runtime |
| 2008-06-23 04:17:22 |
If you need your battery to supply longer runtime you can hook batteries in “parallel”.
In order to do this you connect the positive terminal of the first battery to the positive terminal of the second battery, the positive terminal of the second is connected to the positive of the third, etc.
The negative terminal of the [...]...
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| How to Connect a Series of Batteries for Higher Voltage |
| 2008-06-20 06:31:26 |
Although many people know how to do this, we do get this question from time to time. In order to set up a “series” of batteries, the positive terminal of the first battery is connected to the negative terminal of the second battery; the positive terminal of the second is connected to the negative of [...]...
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| How Long Will My Battery Last |
| 2008-06-19 19:53:17 |
How long will my battery last for, This is probably one of the most common questions we receive. Unfortunately, it is also one of the hardest to answer. Battery life has so many variables to consider including: how batteries are used, how they are maintained and charged, temperature, and a plethora of other factors. Anyone living where the heat [...]...
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| The Phoenix Electric Vehicle Gets 100 Miles Per Charge |
| 2008-06-18 11:10:31 |
As I’ve mentioned before, the electric vehicle is beginning to show up everywhere. Rising from the ashes of our oil woes is Phoenix Motors. (www.phoenixmotorcars.com) Phoenix has partnered with Altairnano to use their innovative lithium-titanate batteries (you can see the blog
A Safe Explosion and Fire Proof Lithium-Ion Battery to read more about it) in [...]...
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| High Gas Prices Force Better Battery Operated Technology |
| 2008-06-17 06:59:24 |
I’m going to go out on a limb and go against what I’ve been griping about recently and say maybe the insane Prices">gas prices are a good thing. Ok pick yourself up off the floor… I think it is a good thing for three reasons.
The higher gas prices are forcing people to look at alternative [...]...
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| Electric Cars Are Popping Up From Florida to California |
| 2008-06-16 12:19:06 |
As fuel continues to rise and costs spiral upwards, it’s just a natural thing for people to start looking towards ways to cut costs. As I’ve mentioned before there are several electric cars that are beginning to pop up on the market.
The Tesla Roadster® is already being delivered to customers in California. Zap Electric has [...]...
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| A Safe Explosion and Fire Proof Lithium-Ion Battery |
| 2008-06-13 01:00:16 |
I know we have all read about the battery fires and overheating lithium-ion batteries. We see it on the news, read it in newspapers, and find it all over the internet.
Altairnano has been working on getting rid of this problem. Working with nanotechnology, they have developed a new anode material using nanostructured lithium titanate spinel [...]...
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| BatteryWeb Accepting Used Rechargable Batteries for Recycling |
| 2008-06-12 08:24:22 |
To further our commitment to the environment and being responsible people, we have partnered with Metal Conversion Technologies, LLC in order to start accepting your used Ni-Cad, NiMH, and Lithium-Ion rechargeable batteries.
A company based in Cartersville GA, they are the 2nd largest rechargeable battery recycler in the country. As we all take a little responsibility [...]...
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| Your Questions Will Be Answered Correctly Regardless of Who You Speak With |
| 2008-06-11 11:51:41 |
BatteryWeb Customer Service Standards
Something that I’ve noticed that is a bit of a concern for me, and I’m sure it happens more frequently than we all would like to admit. I know that often times we consider other people to be less intelligent than others. I know I do it (especially after being cut off [...]...
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| Concorde Sun Xtender® Batteries Are In! |
| 2008-06-10 09:12:38 |
Batteryweb.com just started carrying another line of the popular battery manufacturer Concorde.
As more and more of us look to lowering our energy costs, many of us are looking into Solar and Wind generated forms of power. One of the drawbacks of these two systems is when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing, [...]...
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| Should America Learn From Spain’s Use of Renewable Energy |
| 2008-06-09 16:57:46 |
America at one point was the leader in Solar Energy however we’ve been slipping a bit while other countries have been surging forward. Spain for example has jumped onto the bandwagon with both feet and offered several initiatives in order to spur growth in renewable energy. Spain had the rather ambitious goal to have 30% [...]...
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| Hydrogen Storage Dilemma |
| 2008-06-06 12:00:31 |
This is the question that is facing many researchers as they work on bringing a fuel cell to the market to help weed us off oil. The problem that they need to overcome is the fact that hydrogen is a bit of a nuisance to store and the fun fact that it is nice and [...]...
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| On a truck, how do you charge or jumpstart a dual battery configuration? |
| 2008-06-05 06:52:03 |
We had a customer that had a good question. For both charging and jumping I recommend using the one of the two batteries that is most accessible and let’s call it battery number #1.
Charging Procedure:
Attach the Positive lead from the charger to the Positive terminal of the number #1 battery. Then attach the Negative lead from the charger to [...]...
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