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Six Lithium-ion Battery Chemistries: Not all Batteries are Created Equal
Lithium-ion batteries are essential to today’s technology and can be found in nearly every portable device, as well as electric vehicles. Smartphones, laptops, tablets, cordless power tools, and grid-energy storage are just a few examples that are ...
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Assemble Your Own Modular Li-Ion Batteries
Low-voltage DC power electronics are an exciting field right now. Easy access to 18650 battery cells and an abundance of used Li-Ion cells from laptops, phones, etc. has opened the door for hackers building their own battery packs from these cheap cells.
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Resilient Solar: New York and San Francisco Study Solar With Batteries as a Resiliency Solution
While Superstorm Sandy made energy resilience a priority, the devastating outage on Puerto Rico has taken it to a whole new level. Puerto Rico is only now approaching full power seven months after Hurricane Maria decimated the island, knocking out about ...
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EASA Validation Announced for the Cessna Mustang Upgrade to Concorde Battery RG-390E/30 Sealed Lead Acid Batteries
Concorde's Platinum Series ® Batteries are designed and manufactured with advanced lead acid technology. They are the preferred choice of airframe manufacturers and end users with a history of dependable starting performance in temperatures ranging from ...
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Irvine Company Completes World's First Collection of Hybrid Electric Buildings; 21 High-Rises Outfitted with Tesla Energy Batteries
- Distributed energy storage "an entirely new class of resource…and a viable replacement for 'peaker' plants," says Energy Commission Chair IRVINE, Calif., April 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Irvine Company and Southern California Edison (SCE) conducted ...
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Apple offers to replace batteries of some 13-inch MacBook Pro models for free
Last week, Apple rolled out a new battery replacement program for select 13-inch MacBook Pros without Touch Bars. According to the page on Apple’s website, a “limited number” of 13-inch MacBook Pro units shipped with a component that could fail ...
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Apple's Q1 iPhone sales show X weakness; co. offers batteries for MacBook issue
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone 8 sales made up 23% of total iPhone sales for Q1, according to newly released CIRP data. The iPhone 8 Plus accounted for 21%, putting the lower-cost models at 44% of the market. CIRP says the iPhone X share fell to 16% from 20% ...
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Some MacBook Pro Batteries Can Swell. Here's What You Need to Know
Apple has announced a battery replacement program for some versions of the 13-inch MacBook Pro, warning consumers that the battery in these laptops may physically expand, or swell, owing to a component failure. While Apple claims there is no immediate ...
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Apple replacing some batteries on 13-inch MacBook Pros
(RNN) – Apple announced it might need to replace a limited number of built-in batteries in 13-inch MacBook Pros with non-Touch Bars. Some of the batteries are expanding, but it is not a safety issue. The affected computers were manufactured between ...
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How To Recondition Batteries
These days we are all looking for ways to save money and even to help the environment. If you came across this site you are most likely such a person and you already know how refurbishing old batteries can contribute to meeting these goals. Battery ...
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