Battery Style

Maintain batteries

Interstate’s automotive and commercial starting and Marine/RV batteries are considered Maintenance-Free products under normal operating conditions. However, in the event of an extreme overheat/overcharge situation, the batteries may need to be checked for water loss.

We recommend the following:

1.  How to check the water level and add water:

If your battery has removable vent caps then they can be pried off with a flat-head screwdriver. Once removed, you will see individual vent wells. Look down into each individual cell to make sure that the water is covering the lead plates and is at the proper level. Add water to any cells that are low on water. Always use distilled water that is available from a supermarket to fill the battery in order to prevent chemicals from contaminating the battery.

2. How to determine the proper water level:

Ideally, the water level should be no higher than just below or to the bottom of the tubes (in a 12-volt battery there are 6 tubes) that go down into the battery.  To avoid damage to the battery, make sure the fluid level never drops below the tops of the lead plates in each of the cells.  Also, avoid adding too much water, which may result in acid overflow and damage around the battery.

Batteries can also be as thin as paper

An Israeli company called Power Paper invented a paper battery which is thin like a piece of paper. The method of power generation of the paper battery is similar to the general battery , but it also uses electrolytes and electrodes to conduct current, making the electrolyte and electrodes into a unique ink, the battery can be directly printed on the paper , unlike ordinary batteries that require the container to install the liquid electrolyte and electrodes. This does not require a battery container, the shape and size can flex freely.

Paper battery is only half a millimeter thick, that is as thick as packaging cardboard of milk boxes. As the Paper battery is a piece , therefore, its power capacity is not in accordance with its size, but in accordance with the area calculation. To provide as much as AA-type alkaline batteries for electricity and the size of the paper battery must have a 1 square feet.

Because this battery can be manufactured in an ordinary environment, without special manufacturing equipment, manufacturing cost is very cheap, about one penny per square foot. The voltage of this battery is 1.5 volts, which are equivalent to the batteries generally used to operate watches , expired two and a half year.

A thin paper battery can also be caught in the smart card inside, so that its functions are greatly increased. Join the smart card can increase power display, or even can be converted into a pocket diary. To join the wisdom tickets of the battery can also have anti-counterfeiting features, or even a voice to guide you to position it. And e-merchants can also combine with the paper battery and computer chip to create a more portable appliances, such as the card-type mobile phone, the body's "computer" you can wear and so on.

As the paper battery has environmentally friendly materials,adding cardboard products can be battery-use of throwing things away ,it is very convenient. The current paper battery can not charge the battery, but the company is ongoing research in this area.

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new batteries

With the appearance of electronic products is becoming increasingly smaller and the functions are becoming complex, the battery has brought new challenges. Recently, scientists have developed a series of incredible new batteries.

Virus Battery: U.S. scientists are trying to find some things for the virus to do --- use them to create micro-cells. Specific method is to use the virus as carrier to absorb metal, and then make into the micro-micro-cell lines, in this way, the virus has become an indispensable part of the micro-batteries. Micro-batteries are made with the virus ,their side only six in one billion meters in diameter, it is small enough to be stunning. Scientists hope further tests, put the virus battery into the application, providing energy for small electrical appliances such as hearing aids.

Slim Battery:face the micro-battery era, Japanese scientists have developed a thin-film thickness of a very small ultra-thin lithium-ion battery. This battery has very wide application prospects --- with a display of the IC cards, electronic tags, electronic paper ,the high-tech products can not live without it .

Fast Charge Battery: Japan's Toshiba Corp. has successfully developed the battery which as long as 60 seconds can rapidly recharge more than 80%. More surprising is that this group of new battery can power a small electric car, electric vehicle industry, which is tantamount to a revolution.

Four Notes to buy the battery

1. First of all, you should select the battery type and size specifications in accordance with the requirements of electrical appliances . For example,the Walkman and razor can choose alkaline zinc-manganese batteries; electronic clock and torch lighting use an ordinary zinc-manganese batteries in general.

2. Look out the battery production date and shelf life ,you should buy the batteries recently produced, for those which the batteries use the code indicated that the shelf life , consumers generally difficult to identify, they should ask vendors.

3.Pay attention to seeing  the appearance of the battery ,you should buy the appearance which is neat and clean, no signs of battery leakage.

4. Batteries produced trademark should be marked on the maker, battery polarity, the battery model, nominal voltage, trademarks and so on.