Anyone ever see a battery top like this? Ideas for the cause?
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If you know what this cell is, please don't say anything. Thanks.
Awww, man. I'm dying to know.
Whoever put this out on the market obviously has terrible quality control.
Haha, I think the old Millwrights were on a different page in a whole different book from us farmers. Them guys were/are true craftsmen!
And howdy neighbor, the pic in my avatar was taken a month ago on route 37 near Rexford,Mt coming back from Eureka. Hope this weather is helping the smoke clear up there, I see the log trucks are back out in full force!
Those batteries look worse the closer they get. They look well ventilated.
Eureka?!?
LOL...I spent nine Summers out there with relatives as a teenager. They lived in Rexford and moved to the family ranch outside Eureka. Loved it there!
I was raised in libby. Only ventured to Eureka for the keggars
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Great drive, friendly people! Ran that route in the 1990's for Boise Cascade, and delivered to all the True Value hardware stores. would run back down along bull lake and on down to 200 (beautiful area).
This is a new cell from its original undamaged box and what you see is identical on three cells of the same type. I have some thoughts about what caused that outer ring roughness but would love to hear what you think does this. I've never seen this before.
If you know what this cell is, please don't say anything. Thanks.
I'm much more knowledgeable about plastic molding than steel forming, but I'll give it a go anyway.
The 'can' or casing of a battery is made by what I believe is called a deep draw die operation. After that operation what you have is a casing that is cylindrical all the way to the positive end. The battery internal parts are then inserted and the top of the casing is rolled (or whatever they call that operation) to make the finished cell that looks something like figure 1 here. I know that this type of rolling op is tricky and if things go just a little wrong you can get wrinkling where the metal is rolled or worse.
IMO these batteries exhibit exactly that type of wrinkling/distortion issue. They should have been caught by the factory but .... happens and sometimes things get through.
Must. Keep. Big. Mouth. Shut...
Mooch, have you heard of this new ultrasketchy battery product the Batterizer? You might get a kick out of it.
Mooch, have you heard of this new ultrasketchy battery product the Batterizer? You might get a kick out of it.
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Oh it's pure Barnum. Just thought you'd get a kick out of it as a battery nerd.
https://boingboing.net/2015/06/08/debunking-batterisers-market.html
https://boingboing.net/2015/06/08/debunking-batterisers-market.html
Such a bargain! I'll take two, please.
LOL...that's great. I think I've been missing out on some good business opportunities!
What's interesting is that apparently it's actually effective in providing steady regulated current. It's essential a microthin boost converter...which is pretty cool. They just discredited themselves by claiming a ridiculous 800%, calling voltage energy, etc etc etc. And somehow raked in almost $400k.
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