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Part Two - Getting the most from your batteries

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Prolonging battery life
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The secrets of battery runtime
- Declining capacity
- Increasing internal resistance
- Elevated self-discharge
- Premature voltage cut-off
Non-correctable battery problems
- High self-discharge
- Low capacity cells
- Cell mismatch
- Shorted cells
- Loss of electrolyte
Memory: Myth or fact?
- How to restore and prolong nickel-based batteries
- Field results on exercise and recondition
How to prolong lithium-based batteries
- Longevity of high-power lithium-ion
How to restore and prolong lead-based batteries

- The sealed lead-acid (SLA)
- Valve regulated lead-acid (VRLA)

Battery performance as a function of cycling
- Nickel-cadmium
- Nickel-metal-hydride
- Lithium-ion
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What is the best cycling pattern?


Battery applications

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Choosing the right battery for wireless communications

- What's the best battery for cell phones?
- Counterfeit cell phone batteries
- What's the best battery for two-way radios?

How to increase the runtime of your wireless device
- It's not always the battery's fault
- Battery rapid-testing

Choosing the right battery for portable computing

- What's the best battery for laptops?
- How to calibrate the battery
Choosing the right battery for industrial applications

- What's the best battery for video cameras?
- What's the best battery for still cameras?
- What is the best battery for medical devices?
- What is the best battery for power tools?

Choosing the right battery for wheeled & stationary applications

- What's the best battery for wheelchairs?
- What's the best battery for the electric bicycle?
- What's the best battery for the electric vehicle?
- What's the best battery for stationary applications?
Are the Hybrid Cars here to stay?

-What's the best battery for the hybrid car?
-The plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV)
-The paradox of the hybrid vehicle
-Conclusion


Battery service

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Rapid testing portable batteries

- The load test
- The AC conductance test
- The Cadex QuickTest™
Rapid testing automotive and stationary batteries
- Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS)
- Commercializing Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
Why do different test methods provide dissimilar readings?
- Battery rapid test methods and how they work
- Capacity measurements
- An important need fulfilled
What causes car batteries to fail?
- Acid stratification, a problem with luxury cars
- The challenge of battery testing
- The tough choice

Starting is easy… but can I steer and brake?

- What is the difference between CCA and RC?
- Capacity measurements, the most comprehensive battery test
- Early test results on Reserve Capacity
- Summar
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Testing deep cycle lead acid batteries
- What is the difference between Capacity and CCA?
- Battery rapid-test methods
- What are typical battery problems
Advanced battery analyzers

- Fixed current analyzers
- Programmable analyzers
- Battery adapters
- Service programs
- Printing

Computerized battery testing
- Cellular dealers
- Cellular service Centers
- Battery fleet owners
- Manufacturers and pack assemblers

How to service two-way radio batteries
- The 'green light' lies
- Maintenance of fleet batteries

How to service cell phone batteries
- Refurbishing, a cost-effective exercise
- Storefront battery service
- Why was storefront service not done earlier?
How to service laptop batteries

- Battery connection
- Repairing a 'smart' battery
Increasing battery power by zapping




Battery behavior

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Observing batteries in everyday lives

- The personal battery user
- The fleet battery user
- What lack of battery maintenance can do


Comparisons

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Will secondary batteries
replace primaries?
- Capacity rating of alkaline cells
- Run-time estimation
- The switch to secondary batteries
The Cost of Battery Power

- The primary battery
- The secondary battery
- The combustion engine
- The fuel cell

The fuel cell

- Type of fuel cells
- Applications
- Limitations
The miniature fuel cell
- Will the fuel cell replace the battery?

Comparing battery power
- Battery power and the Boeing 747 jumbo jet
- How are newer battery chemistries faring?


Things to come

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The future battery

- What is the ultimate miracle battery?
- Will the fuel cell replace the battery
Battery Statistics

- Where will commercial batteries come from?

- Up-to-date statistical battery information




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