| Buying a brand new battery? If so you may
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| | battery that is new. Let me be very clear
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| be inclined to ask about the age of the
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| | and define what a new battery is and is
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| battery inventory at your battery
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| | not! A new battery is NOT: a battery that
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| supplier of choice! For that matter does
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| | was charged, connected to a device, been
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| the age of the battery really matter?
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| | opened or chemically activated in any
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| It is a good question to ask. A battery
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| | way. Now be very careful with any
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| is a consumable product. Think about your
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| | assumption you may have where a battery
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| favorite restaurant? Would you eat there
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| | could still be considered new even after
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| if you knew that your salad of choice had
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| | it was charged, connected to a device,
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| ingredients that were 6 months old?
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| | been opened or chemically activated in
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| Probably not! But with batteries is there
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| | any way. Why?
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| such a thing as an old battery? The
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| | Inside the battery itself, is a chemical
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| answer is yes!
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| | reaction that produces the electrons. The
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| You see batteries as a consumable have a
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| | chemical reaction is designed for a
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| shelf-life meaning that a battery will
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| | single purpose: to create an electron
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| only last a certain amount of time before
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| | flow (i.e. electricity) by which the
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| it is unusable. Now I am not speaking
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| | device is powered. The electron flow is
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| about a battery's declining capacity.
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| | measured (or moves at speeds) in amperes,
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| Declining capacity is a natural process
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| | where 1 ampere is the flow of
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| of a battery use that once declining
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| | 62,000,000,000,000,000,000 electrons per
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| capacity begins the battery will degrade
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| | second! Therefore once the chemical is
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| to the point of non-operability.
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| | activated and the flow of electrons takes
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| Technically speaking declining capacity
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| | place, even for a second, then the loss
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| is when the amount of charge a battery
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| | of power and battery degradation begins
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| can hold gradually decreases due to
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| | and there is no stopping it. Once battery
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| usage, aging, and with some chemistry,
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| | degradation begins a battery is
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| lack of maintenance. PDA batteries, for
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| | considered used and its natural life will
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| example, are specified to deliver about
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| | deplete in a matter of time.
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| 100 percent capacity when new but after
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| | Now a new battery (a battery that was
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| usage and aging and lack of conditioning
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| | NEVER charged, connected to a device,
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| a pda battery's capacity will drop. This
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| | been opened or chemically activated in
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| is normal. If you are using a pda battery
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| | any way can have a shelf-life up to 36
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| (or any lithium-ion or lithium-polymer
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| | months (under certain conditions). My
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| battery) when your battery's capacity
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| | personal preference is to never buy a new
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| reaches 60% to 70% the pda battery will
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| | battery that has been sitting on the
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| need to be replaced. Standard industry
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| | shelf for more than 18 months. But again
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| practice will warranty a battery above
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| | that is merely a personal preference.
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| 80%. Below 80% typically means you have
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| | Batteries that are left in temperature
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| used the practical life of a battery.
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| | extremes will not last as long and may
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| Thus the threshold by which a battery can
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| | degrade within a few weeks or less if the
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| be returned under warranty is typically
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| | weather is really extreme. Brand new
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| 80%.
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| | batteries that are less than 12 months
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| But when I speak about the shelf-life of
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| | old are your best choice as they
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| a battery I am speaking wholly of a
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| | represent your "freshest" battery type.
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