Whoa there Jpub.
Don't just make smelly statements provide statistics or websites with statistics to back your statements.
Do you know the average milliAmp-hours or mAh in a AA battery in the 1980's?
How about the mAh in a AA sold today?
(I don't off the top of my head, but I'd like to know find some websites with the data.)
I didn't say there wasn't improvements, just that the old Nag isn't up to many more leaps or bounds.
I've not seen a improvement in Battery tech that wasn't mapped out or mentioned in a 1950's era book on battery design and chemistry.
There has been a few surprises, but even then I'd not describe the improvements in power density as being a leap or bound.
Also I'm fairly certain that the majority of the "enhancements" to the AA of today where known and could have been done on the AA of the 1980's, but weren't because it wasn't seen as needed at the time.
I hope you can find me a cheaper alternative to the well over 50 plus year lead acid batteries that we currently use everywhere on the farm.
I've not found a battery yet that can beat the old lead acid battery when you factor in initial cost, power density and service life.
A few years ago I came across some spiral plate battery designs that came close, but the last time I checked the manufacturer still hadn't got the manufacturing cost low enough to let the improved power density and service life beat a much cheaper standard plate design.
Prove me wrong. Provide facts to dis-prove my assertion that chemical batteries are a old tech with few improvements in the last 50 years.
Yes they have been spending lots on improving batteries and have made improvements, but I think most battery research would be better spent looking into alternate power storage methods.
I think chemical batteries are pretty much a dead horse maybe it's time to stop beating on it and tossing research dollars into it's stall.
It may be better to invest research in fuel cells, Gas Microturbines, hyper-compressed air systems and other ideas.
Thinking about it given the improvements in material science we might need to look into windup systems again as a method of storing power.
howard melton
Don't just make smelly statements provide statistics or websites with statistics to back your statements.
Do you know the average milliAmp-hours or mAh in a AA battery in the 1980's?
How about the mAh in a AA sold today?
(I don't off the top of my head, but I'd like to know find some websites with the data.)
I didn't say there wasn't improvements, just that the old Nag isn't up to many more leaps or bounds.
I've not seen a improvement in Battery tech that wasn't mapped out or mentioned in a 1950's era book on battery design and chemistry.
There has been a few surprises, but even then I'd not describe the improvements in power density as being a leap or bound.
Also I'm fairly certain that the majority of the "enhancements" to the AA of today where known and could have been done on the AA of the 1980's, but weren't because it wasn't seen as needed at the time.
I hope you can find me a cheaper alternative to the well over 50 plus year lead acid batteries that we currently use everywhere on the farm.
I've not found a battery yet that can beat the old lead acid battery when you factor in initial cost, power density and service life.
A few years ago I came across some spiral plate battery designs that came close, but the last time I checked the manufacturer still hadn't got the manufacturing cost low enough to let the improved power density and service life beat a much cheaper standard plate design.
Prove me wrong. Provide facts to dis-prove my assertion that chemical batteries are a old tech with few improvements in the last 50 years.
Yes they have been spending lots on improving batteries and have made improvements, but I think most battery research would be better spent looking into alternate power storage methods.
I think chemical batteries are pretty much a dead horse maybe it's time to stop beating on it and tossing research dollars into it's stall.
It may be better to invest research in fuel cells, Gas Microturbines, hyper-compressed air systems and other ideas.
Thinking about it given the improvements in material science we might need to look into windup systems again as a method of storing power.
howard melton