battery advice, from AA to laptop energy
If the emergence of hybrid vehicles and sexy smartphone has done nothing else, it taught us not to keep the little miracle of batteries for granted. We get more mileage with a large battery unit under the bonnet, and very little panic, causing more than a permeable iPhone battery in the middle of an important call or text-messaging session.
Surprisingly, with all the leap forward in technology, many of our products even with AA and 9-volt batteries to run similar to those that we have for decades. One could argue that no batteries are not kept up with paradigm shifts in other areas of technology step. But there has been progress - even if they are not large, clear jumps.
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Tips for your Aas, AAAS and other cells
Lee Borek, the manager at Batteries Plus on Burnet Road, was asked about all the smart (and stupid) question you can get the batteries, we will ask our toys, our remote controls and our vehicles. Luckily for us, he has the answers.
Really batteries last longer if you store them in the refrigerator or freezer?
“This is a myth,” says Borek. “Room temperature is fine. There is nothing for them. You can only them to rust.”
Most regular gadget batteries, from alkaline to lithium batteries have a longer shelf life and usually have an expiration date on the package.
Batteries left unattended in devices such as flashlights for too long, probably break down and possibly explode. Borek suggests checking batteries twice a year, the loss of a good Maglite or CD player.
“The batteries, if they sit long enough, they go to swell like that,” says Borek. “They can leak, they decompose over time. You’ll ruin a device.”
Twice a year, a good rule is to examine whether key device for your car. Smoke detectors should be checked once a year. Newer 9-volt lithium batteries for detectors can last seven to 10 years, said Borek.
The large charge
Borek says that batteries for an increasing share of his business as an eco-conscious Austinites try to avoid waste and to be “are green.
Unlike regular batteries, but rechargeable batteries - including those in need of specialty devices such as cordless phones and several video game controllers - Maintenance. It is always good, “says Borek, run on batteries, all the way and then load it up again. Batteries have a memory that will be encrypted by overloading or by the discharge to short cycle.
If you rely on a cordless phone on a cradle charging all the time, “you’ve trained that the battery is too bad,” says Borek. “What you need batteries, cycles. They are like your heart. They need exercise and rest every day.”
Batteries and chargers could be retrained by wearing them down until they are drained and then charged, but there are smart batteries “that can load and unload the batteries until they are like new and will not overload the battery.
In the past five years, as a digital camera adoption has exploded, Chargers have been introduced, juice can be up batteries in less than 15 minutes. Shop at this high speed, but can shorten the life recycleables, as overloading can.
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What to look for in batteries
Borek said that the purchase of batteries, it is best to look at the ampere-hours (mAh). While conventional battery is measured in volts, are batteries in the device that tells you how much power they can save as measured on a single charge. “The higher the milliamp, it has more fuel in the tank,” said Borek.
Sale Energizer, Duracell and other battery manufacturers high-milliamp battery. A brand that stocks Borek, Powerex is popular among geeks for its high battery battery capacity.
Chargers start at about $ 10 - $ 20 and go up to $ 50 for the past tricked-out (devices with LCD displays that can be eight or 10 batteries at a time often with batteries included). Who uses it? Each of estate agents with digital cameras to hobbyists, power remote-controlled model cars and helicopters.
Owners of Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360 consoles, which both use AA batteries, rechargeable batteries also pays in the long run.
Laptops, mobile phones
Cell phone and laptop batteries usually have circuitry in them to avoid the dreaded memory effect, especially in the case of laptops, it does not hurt to draw and let them cycle down, and once in a while, says Borek .
Notebook Batteries are the number of times they can be charged assessed, but depending on how you use your laptop, so this number may seem inflated for use. With constant use, a notebook battery to start losing their capacity in less than 18 months after Dell Inc. ’s website.
Laptop batteries are often within two or three years to replace the use of typical usage.
For mobile phones with batteries profile that can not be replaced (just like the iPhone) you can swap out the battery manufacturer, and there are a lot of battery stores and online service that makes it do for a fee.
This battery has died so young!
Borek said that the biggest enemy is battery life uncommon.
In motorcycles, and boats that are used only seasonally or camcorders that come only during the holidays, a meeting of battery may expire long before their time.
“This time of the year, we sell camcorders like you would not believe,” says Borek. “It is in a bag all year, never used. Batteries only with some never used to go rather badly.”
With camcorders and cordless drills, he proposes the power-draining and charging the device once a month to keep to it fresh.
For motorcycles and boats, devices called cycle battery offers a battery that can be refilled by the energy, without preventing overcharging of the battery and does not spoil. With a portfolio a boat or motorcycle batteries can last two or three years.
“If you do not everything, it will be dead battery within 13 to 14 months,” says Borek.
With our stifling Texas summer, car batteries last three or four years, said Borek, until they finally succumb to heat and vibration.
The great (battery) on
There comes a time when even the most powerful battery has breathed his last mAh. It is important to properly dispose of your old friendly fuel cells.
Stores such as Batteries Plus accept, spent batteries and turn right at the city of Austin. Austin is a household hazardous waste management facility at 2514 Business Center Drive, where it safely dispose or recycle batteries