Treat Your Battery With Respect
Dec/090
We all know that cell phone batteries seem to have a mind of their own and can be tempermental at times. Just like a screaming child, there is a way to calm your cell phone battery down and make it behave. You may be wondering what they heck we are talking about, but its quite simple really. Keeping your battery happy will save you time and money and reduce the amount your battery will act tempermental or have problems.
The first thing is to avoid cell phone drops at all costs. Dropping your cell phone can cause alot of structural stress to the battery module and break and destory lithium ion cells. Once the lithium ion cells are damaged, it will only be a matter of time before the entire battery will fail.
Another thing to avoid if at all possible is contact with water. Water is the number one cell phone battery killer in the world and must be stopped! Water can short out circuits in your phone. Water does not in and of itself ruin the battery, but the damage it does to the phone is what kills the battery. If the phone circuitry has gone bad and is shorted out, the phone actually destroys the battery by not utilizing the lithium cells correctly and ultimately shorts out the battery.
Sun damage is the next cell phone battery killer on our list. Sun damage is pretty self explanatory as it heats up the battery cells and really does weird things to the battery. It ruins the ability the battery has to charge and hold a charge as it changes the formation of cells and just really ruins the batteries structure and function. Try to always keep your phone out of the sun and keep it in a cool place. If you leave you cell phone in the car during the summer time, always make sure to crack a window and put your phone in the glove compartment or somewhere where direct sunlight is not hitting it.
We hope this little guide has helped you to understand proper cell phone battery etiquite and help your battery last much longer. Nothing is more frustrating than to have your cell phone battery die and be unchargeable as most people then have to search for new replacement batteries or buy a new phone. Don’t let this happen to you and take charge of your cell phone battery’s life!
Lithium Battery Reminders
Aug/091
Lithium ion cell phone batteries are the best kind of rechargeable batteries. They are much lighter than other batteries because they carry extremely high-density charges and are easier to store than NiMH batteries. Lithium Polymer batteries do not suffer from the dreaded memory effect and can be recharged anytime. Lithium batteries have no such limitation. In fact, this is one of the things that makes a lithium cell phone battery so desirable.
Lithium-ion batteries should charge for about six hours before use. This kind of battery should not be allowed to fully discharge, but be recharged when the phone indicates one bar left of power.
Charging, lithium batteries does not need a special discharge. Some Lithium batteries must go through two to three complete charge cycles before reaching full performance. Charging for a long time can easily cause the battery to overheat, and this is produced by a chemical reaction. Additionally, warm environments can cause batteries to get too hot, so lithium battery instructions all warn ‘do not place the battery in a warm environment or throw on fire.
Chargers made only for the nickel-based batteries should never be used to charge lithium batteries, because the levels of monitored voltage sent to the cell phone battery is different.
Only 10 Seconds to Fully Charge?
Jun/092
We are not kidding you! Scientist have created a revolutionary phone battery that recharges in 10 seconds instead of a few hours. The new device charges 100 times as fast as the regular batteries we use today in cell phones. These new types of batteries could also be used in cell phones, computers, iPods, and digital cameras within 2-3 years they say. There has even been talk of using this same technology to power cars which would make vehicles more “green.” How does this new battery technology work?
Scientists at MIT say that their invention uses materials that are already used by battery manufacturers and that it would be simple to mass produce. The new battery is based on the Lithium Ion batteries we use to day. Even though a Lithium battery holds a lot of energy in a small space, they are still slow to recharge. Lithium Ion batteries contain two electrodes – one made from lithium and one from carbon – submerged in a liquid or phase called an electrolyte. When the battery is being charged up, ions – or positively charged atoms – flow from the lithium electrode to the carbon one. When a batter is being used and losing its charge the ions flow the opposite way. This is why charging is slow because it takes time to detach the ions from one electrode and absorb them into the other.
The new battery uses new techniques as the scientists altered it’s surface structure so that ions were releases and absorbed 100 times faster. Unlike the regular Lithium Ion this new battery does not degrade when repeatedly charged and recharged. Scientists say this means the battery could last 2-3 years.
Scientists predict that the technology could usher in new generations of smaller, lighter batteries that would allow phones batteries to be the size of a credit card. This technology would be huge for the electric car market because instead of charging for 8 hours it could be done in 5 minutes. You could charge your car in a parking lot while buying groceries instead of leaving it plugged in all night long. Owners of electric cars would be free to drive long distances knowing they could top off their battery at a service station, just like we do now with gasoline.
This is exciting technology and we will continue to update you about this new technology as it could have huge effects on technology and change things for the better.
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