Battery Basics
Battery Discharging Basics – Lower Limits
We use chemical batteries to store energy, and release it as electricity when we need…
I tripped over a shrinking bank balance and fell into the writing gig unintentionally. This was after I escaped the corporate world and searched in vain for ways to become rich on the internet by doing nothing. Despite the fact that writing is no recipe for wealth, I rather enjoy it. I will not deny I am obsessed with it when I have the time. I live in Margate on the Kwazulu-Natal south coast of South Africa. I work from home where I ponder on the future of the planet, and what lies beyond in the great hereafter. Sometimes I step out of my computer into the silent riverine forests, and empty golden beaches for which the area is renowned. Richard
Battery Basics
We use chemical batteries to store energy, and release it as electricity when we need…
Battery Experiments
Plasma balls we find in toy stores, and on the web contain noble gases in…
Battery Basics
Shopping for best battery strength can be quite a challenge. Do we trust the promises…
Battery Basics
One of the less-efficient aspects of rechargeable batteries, is their chemistry is a two-edged sword.…
Battery Basics
Human beings are creatures of habit. Did you notice how each time you dream a…
Battery Basics
We have been focusing on single-use batteries whose electrical life ends after they surrender most…
Battery Basics
That old fruit battery experiment comes around each year, as regular as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and…
Battery Basics
On first sight the electrolyte plays a secondary role in a storage battery. However, when…
Battery Basics
We spoke about electrode potential in a previous post, and the need to balance it…
Battery Basics
We established in a previous post how electrons travel between electrodes in a battery to…