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==Cost Oriented Battery==
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There are six different types of batteries, and each one is good for a particular use.
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===Cost Oriented Battery===
  
 
Cost oriented batteries are the cheapest to make that can be recharged. Finally, a use for all of that lead!
 
Cost oriented batteries are the cheapest to make that can be recharged. Finally, a use for all of that lead!
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==Capacity Oriented Battery==
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===Capacity Oriented Battery===
  
 
Capacity oriented batteries are good for holding lots of charge.
 
Capacity oriented batteries are good for holding lots of charge.
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==Voltage Oriented Battery==
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===Voltage Oriented Battery===
  
 
Voltage oriented batteries are 200v batteries (where most are ~50v or less).
 
Voltage oriented batteries are 200v batteries (where most are ~50v or less).
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==Current Oriented Battery==
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===Current Oriented Battery===
  
 
Current oriented batteries can provide larger bursts of current (without exploding), and can be (dis)charged quickly.
 
Current oriented batteries can provide larger bursts of current (without exploding), and can be (dis)charged quickly.
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==Life Oriented Battery==
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===Life Oriented Battery===
  
 
Life oriented batteries will last longer than your typical battery.
 
Life oriented batteries will last longer than your typical battery.
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==Single Use Battery==
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===Single Use Battery===
  
 
Single use batteries, unlike any other battery, come fully charged, and cannot be recharged. They have slightly higher energy capacity than other batteries.
 
Single use batteries, unlike any other battery, come fully charged, and cannot be recharged. They have slightly higher energy capacity than other batteries.

Revision as of 07:22, 17 December 2017

There are 6 different kinds of batteries, and they all have different properties that make them useful.

Battery Type V (typ) W (typ) kJ
Cost Oriented 50 250 60 400
Capacity Oriented 12.5 125 240 50
Voltage Oriented 200 250 60 6.4Ω
Current Oriented 50 1000 40 100
Life Oriented 50 250 60 400
Single-Use 50 500 120 200

Types

There are six different types of batteries, and each one is good for a particular use.

Cost Oriented Battery

Cost oriented batteries are the cheapest to make that can be recharged. Finally, a use for all of that lead!


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Capacity Oriented Battery

Capacity oriented batteries are good for holding lots of charge.


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Voltage Oriented Battery

Voltage oriented batteries are 200v batteries (where most are ~50v or less).


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Current Oriented Battery

Current oriented batteries can provide larger bursts of current (without exploding), and can be (dis)charged quickly.


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Life Oriented Battery

Life oriented batteries will last longer than your typical battery.


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Single Use Battery

Single use batteries, unlike any other battery, come fully charged, and cannot be recharged. They have slightly higher energy capacity than other batteries.

They can be made with coal or with charcoal


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Battery Charge Curves

This is the typical charge/discharge voltage curve per battery charge.

This graph looks very similar for the 12.5v and 200v batteries, just divide or multiply the voltages by 4 respectively.

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Internal Resistance

All real life batteries have internal resistance, which lowers the effective voltage of a battery when current is drawn from it.

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To learn more about the internal resistance of batteries, visit the Wikipedia Page on internal resistance.