August 2014

Rechargeable Batteries: C-Rating

By |2017-09-22T14:53:27+05:30August 12th, 2014|

If you follow this link: http://www.amco.co.in/products.php?id=9 , you can see how a battery's weight increases with it's Ah rating. You need bigger batteries to store more electric charge. The capacity of a battery is related to the quantity of active materials and electrolytes in it as well as the surface area of the plates. Electric current is the flow [...]

Rechargeable Batteries: Overcharging, Deep Discharging

By |2018-01-17T18:20:58+05:30August 7th, 2014|

If you go to their online store, you can see the Ah or Storage Capacity of a range of Exide Lead Acid Inverter batteries. With a terminal voltage of 12V,  you get Ah ratings of 180.00, 165.00, 150.00,  130.00, 100.00,  88.00, 80.00 and  65.00. To know which battery to pick, you must know your load current [...]

Nice to know: Rechargeable batteries

By |2018-01-17T18:20:58+05:30August 6th, 2014|

Any standalone off-grid solar system needs a Rechargeable Battery. Nearly everyone I can think of, is used to the idea of emergency lights and cell phones. In fact, battery life and charging time are two points of great interest in cell phones. Whether the source of power is the electricity grid or sunlight, we use [...]

July 2014

eWaste Recycling in Bangalore, India

By |2018-01-17T18:20:58+05:30July 31st, 2014|

What happens to our old cellphones and laptops, used batteries and discarded lights and other appliances? Sometimes we trade in the old for new. Many retailers take our old eWaste and often just channel it into the informal sector, whereby it finally ends up in landfills. From here, the poisonous chemicals like mercury, cadmium etc seep [...]

June 2014

Online Electricity Bill Calculator – For all states in India | Bijli Bachao

By |2017-09-22T15:38:56+05:30June 2nd, 2014|

Understand your electrcity bill and see where you can save on it. Using energy efficient devices and habits, you can slash your electricity bill by half or more. You are charged by units or kilowatt hours. A 100W bulb that is switched on for 10 hours uses 1kWh or 1 unit. In the top slab [...]

May 2014

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