Interesting Facts; Rechargeable Batteries - Faller MAN Bedienungsanleitung

Interestingfacts
9. Interesting facts
Rechargeable batteries
Lithium ion rechargeable battery (Li-Ion rechargeable battery)
DigitalvehiclesofFALLERCarSystemarefittedwithlithiumionrechargea-
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blebatteries.Suchbatteriestypicallyfeatureaverysmallsizeandalongser-
vicelife.Moreover,theyareresistanttodeepdischargeandfeaturenearly
nomemoryeffectatall.ContrarytoNiMHrechargeablebatteries,Li-Ion
rechargeablebatteriesarechargedfollowingagivencharacteristiccurve.
Thebenefitisthatsuchrechargeablebatteriescanbechargedveryquickly.
Nickel metal hydride rechargeable battery (NiMH rechargeable battery)
NiMHrechargeablebatterieshavebeenbuiltintotheanalogvehiclesofFAL-
LERCarSystem.Theyareverysturdyandavailableinmanydifferentsizes.
Therechargeablebatteriesusedconsistofacombinationof1.2Vcells.Small
carsfeatureonesuchcell,bussesandlorrieshavetwoofthem.
Service life
Allrechargeablebatteriesunfortunatelyhaveapropertyincommon:their
service life is limited. The service life of rechargeable batteries is measu-
redusingthenumberofchargingcycles,thatis,thetotalnumberofchar-
gingproceduresthatarepossible.Iflithiumionrechargeablebatteriesfor
instancearehandledproperly,thepossiblenumberofchargingcycleswill
beapproximately 500before their capacitysignificantlydecreases. Assu-
mingthatavehiclecanrunforanaverageoffivehoursonacharge,this
willbeatotalof2,500hours,whichcorrespondstoatotaldrivingtimeof
morethan100days.
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