http://www.tbandcs.co.uk
TB and CS supply new and refurbished batteries and chargers - Industrial battery chargers, battery chargers, industrial batteries, charger servicing and charger repair.
Blackheath Trading Est, Unit 3A
Cakemore Rd
Rowley Regis
West Midlands
B65 0QN
Telephone: 0121 559 7910
2. • Have you ever considered how many times in a
day you make use of a battery? You pick up
your mobile phone and it has a battery, you start
you car and the engine fires up because of a
battery, you’re at a work meeting and your
laptop is running off a battery, you look at your
wristwatch and it has a battery – you may even
have one in your razor or toothbrush. Batteries
are ubiquitous sources of power in our lives and
make our daily functioning easier and more
convenient. They do also however need to be
charged in order to be of use to us.
3. • Count Alessandro Volta was the Italian physicist who
bought the wonderful world of battery power to life. He
created a simple battery in 1799 from zinc and silver
metal plates and brine-soaked paper known as the
voltaic pile that was the first device to emit a steady
current. In recognition of Volta’s discovery the SI unit of
electromotive force, electric potential and electric
potential difference became known as the Volt. Voltages
of commonly used items include car batteries 12 V,
single, non-rechargeable alkaline batteries 1.5 V and
household mains 230 V. To maximize the use of the
electrical charge produced by a battery it must be
connected to a load, for example a motor or an electric
circuit.
4. • Batteries require anodes, cathodes and electrolytes to
produce a current involving an electrochemical reaction
that moves electrons from negative to positive terminals
and come in both non-rechargeable and rechargeable
forms. To restore the charge in the rechargeable battery,
energy must be supplied from an external source, for
example via a battery charger, that moves the electrons
in reverse from positive to negative terminals, thereby
restoring the charge. Lithium-ion (LiOn), nickel-metal
hydride (NiMH) and nickel-cadmium (NiCd) batteries are
examples of rechargeable batteries. The charging
process however is not a hundred percent efficient so
gradually charge is lost and the battery will eventually
cease to function.
5. • Batteries are broadly divided into three categories
namely industrial, automotive and portable types where
the industrial types can be of any size but designed
exclusively for industrial or professional use as opposed
to portable types that are used in laptops, mobile phones
and MP3 players. Industrial batteries can be used as a
source of power in forklifts, golf carts, lighthouses,
professional video equipment and mobility buggies. More
interesting applications for batteries are in medical
science, asset tracking equipment, uninterruptible power
supplies and in the aerospace industry. Next time you
have a moment, picture what our world would look like if
we had to walk around with everything plugged into a
socket.
6. • Batteries are broadly divided into three categories
namely industrial, automotive and portable types where
the industrial types can be of any size but designed
exclusively for industrial or professional use as opposed
to portable types that are used in laptops, mobile phones
and MP3 players. Industrial batteries can be used as a
source of power in forklifts, golf carts, lighthouses,
professional video equipment and mobility buggies. More
interesting applications for batteries are in medical
science, asset tracking equipment, uninterruptible power
supplies and in the aerospace industry. Next time you
have a moment, picture what our world would look like if
we had to walk around with everything plugged into a
socket.
