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New Technologies in Rechargeable Batteries and Their Chargers

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

Both the technology for batteries and their chargers have evolved greatly since their inception. This article will briefly and simply discuss the changes in these technologies.

Parts of the world are no longer using the technology of the first rechargeable cells, which included the use of Nickel Cadmim. You would likely find NiHM in the batteries being used in more recent years.

The most common type of technology used in a rechargeable battery is Lithium Ion. This is the type of battery used in your cell phone. The Li Ion battery is very user friendly, cost effective and has loads of potential for future development.

Lithium Ion has been advanced to where it is solid state, adaptable and very thin. It has the ability to be charged more than a normal battery, up to 40000 cycles. Smart Batteries have the ability to monitor their own charge, which keeps them from over or under charging.

With all these changes in battery technology, what about the chargers? The advances in charger technologies, now allow us to charge different size batteries and charge batteries with different cores, on the same charger. Chargers, also called docks, allow you to charge a 9V Lithium and NiMH AAA battery at the same time. You can purchase one charger and use it for all of your batteries. What could be more convenient?

How To Fertilize Bonsai Tree

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Bonsai trees, similar to every other living things, should have food for survival. Unlike the roots of ordinary trees that grow for further distances searching for nourishment, the roots of bonsai trees are constrained to grow within the container … hence theyll be capable of obtaining just whatever nourishment is obtainable in the soil inside the container. Therefore, the soil within the tray must be frequently replenished with the correct quantity of nutrients.

The procedure of furnishing nutrients to the soil in which plants grow is termed Fertilizing and it is a major fragment of bonsai tree care. The nutrients existing in the fertilizer will support the bonsai tree to make its own food by a process termed Photosynthesis. The amount … kind of manure to be given for bonsai tree care is hugely dependant on factors namely: – Variety of bonsai tree – How old is the bonsai tree – Moment of the year in which the bonsai is fertilized