Posted on 12/27/2007 11:43:25 PM PST by PeaceBeWithYou
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The technology should increase the life of the battery. The fibers are so small that the don’t feel road shock and do not break as the expand and contract.
NiCd batteries are showing the ability to last up to 200,000 miles in hybrids. Li batteries should last longer.
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OK, so let’s get this developed so that we can get off oil and tell the oil sheiks to go pound sand.
Not all AA batteries are the same. Typically, store bought AA batteries are between 800 mAh and 1000 mAh. These are 2600 mAh. Try these:
http://thomasdistributing.com/shop/nexcell-2600mah-aa-batteriesbrrechargeable-nickel-metal-hydridebr4-battery-packbrincludes-one-free-battery-holder-p-1051.html?SP_id=&osCsid=r3465kjfhf4lfvktea06vae0l4
You'll need a charger, too, but these folks have the best available. Look for chargers with individual charge circuits. I have one of these and it's great. It'll do anything from AAA to D one to eight at a time.
http://thomasdistributing.com/shop/chargers-by-battery-size--aaaaacd-chargers-c-147_149_241.html?osCsid=r3465kjfhf4lfvktea06vae0l4
I also bought 12,500 mAh D cells from these guys to use in my XM boom box. Alkalines last about 5 hours. These large cap D's last days. They take about 2 hours to recharge.
Hope it helps!
As long as you cycle them to prevent them from building up memory. NiCd's are also very prone to loosing their ability to be recharged if they are ever overheated, too......
If I were to guess, my guess would be that LiPo's will become the next rage in battery technology....
I will order 4 of them. I have a Rayovac battery charger that charges 4 at a time. Will that work?
Check to see if it will charge Nickle-Metal Hydride batteries. You may need to check with the Rayovac website for details on your specific charger. My guess is probably not. Your charger is probably a trickle charger meant for Nickle-Cadnium type batteries. You can get a NiMH charger that will do 4 at a time for about $14 from these folks. At the cost of batteries these days, it doesn't take long to recoup the cost of the charger, especially if you use a lot of battery powered stuff.
FWIW, I've ordered dozens of batteries from these guys and I've always been very impressed with them. They stock high capacity, industrial quality batteries. Although store bought rechargables are the same can size, the ones these guys offer give as much as 8 times as much capacity than the off the shelf rechargables available at Home Depot, Wally World, etc.
The only detriment that I can see is that airports will have LESS power outlets available to travelers than they do now.
Having a portable DVD player or laptop w/ a 6 hour batter would be sweet!
I read the real small print on the back of the charger and it says it will charge Nickle-Metal Hydride.
Kewl! Then you're in business! You should see a remarkable difference with these higher capacity batteries. Enjoy!
And we will have to many more nuclear power plants to charge our electic cars.
http://www.marathonengine.com/cogeneration.html
http://world.honda.com/news/2007/c070403HomeHeatingPowerSystem/
We need to start building more nuke power plants NOW in that case, because our existing power infrastructure will not be able to handle the increased load
The Maraton one looks good with the 4.7Kw max output.
$.7 Kw will go a long way ion a power outage,especially if you also have heat and hot water.
But I’d like to see one that can maintain 10 to 15 Kw to
be able to completely function off the grid, and be able to run my AC at the same time as my fridge, microwave, TV, laptop, router, modem and a couple of lights as well.
....I want it all...and I want it yesterday! ;o)
One of the most overlooked technologies involved in hybrid car development is battery management. There is a computer that monitors battery temp and charge status that maximizes NiCd battery life. I know that Li is more tolerent to charge status but proper charging will increase their lifespan also.
If this tech is for real, LiPo should be phased out.
Does 70 cents/KWH factor in depreciation or is that just fuel cost?
The problem is that in the South we need AC, not heat. Otherwise, I would be interested. There is also supposed to be a Stirling engine version of a micro cogeneration unit out.
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