Monthly Archives: April 2012
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- April 19, 2012
In honor of Earth Day on April 22 and all the rightly-deserved emphasis on helping to reduce our carbon footprint and keep Mother Earth safe and healthy for future generations, we want to use this blog to promote recycling—specifically batteries.
Most types of batteries can be recycled, and thanks to efforts of individuals and businesses, more batteries are being recycled than ever before. Certain batteries are recycled more readily than others, and today nearly 90 percent of lead-acid automotive batteries are now recycled.
Lead-acid batteries include golf cart, motorcycle, UPS, industrial and commercial batteries, to name a few, and can be the regular type, sealed lead acid, gel type, or absorbent glass mat (AGM) batteries. They are recycled through a process that involves grinding them, neutralizing the acid, and then separating the polymers from the lead. The reclaimed materials are then reused in a variety of applications, including making new batteries. By recycling the lead it is
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- April 17, 2012 4
You can charge a dead battery safely by inspecting it first, cleaning the terminals, connecting the correct battery charger, choosing the right charging mode, and letting it charge slowly until full. Never charge a cracked, leaking, swollen, frozen, or overheating battery.
A dead battery does not always mean the battery is ruined. In many cases, it is only deeply discharged and can recover with the right charger. However, the charging method depends on the battery type, such as car, motorcycle, marine, AGM, gel, or lithium.
Before charging, safety matters more than speed. Using the wrong charger, connecting clamps backward, or forcing a damaged battery to charge can cause serious problems. This guide explains how to charge a dead battery safely, how long it may take, and when replacement is the better option.
What Does It Mean When a Battery Is Dead?
A dead battery usually means the battery does not have enough stored power to operate a vehicle, device, or electrical system. In most cases,
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- April 05, 2012
For all you parents who bought your child riding toys and specialty toy items like radio-controlled cars and aircraft over the holidays, only not to be able to play with them due to cold or weather, it’s time to pull those items out and get them kid ready because warmer temperatures are most likely here to stay!
Riding toys by leading manufacturers Peg Perego and Power Wheels can provide hours of entertainment and fun for your kids. However, there’s nothing quite so disappointing as having a battery that isn’t charged, or even worse, being out riding and have the battery stop working. Those of you in the know will agree that it’s no fun at all to then have to cart an inoperable riding toy back home—leaving a bad taste in your mouth and a sad face on that of your child.
If your child constantly wants to ride and for longer periods of time, it may make sense to consider buying a back-up battery so that fun doesn’t need to stop when the battery does. That way, you can just swap out batteries
