Lithium Battery for Film Lighting: Flicker-Free Power Budget
On a documentary shoot in Oman we lost forty minutes to a fault that was neither the fixture nor the camera. Six 300 W LED panels were pulling from a 26 V…
Semi-Solid State Battery Certification and Transport Guide
I have shipped semi-solid state cells to test houses and customers on four continents, and the same conversation happens every time. A procurement team he…
Lithium Battery Reliability for Solar Kits: Charge-Controller Compatibility, Partial-State-of-Charge Cycling, and Cold-Charge Reliability
I have been qualifying lithium battery packs for off-grid and portable solar kits for the better part of a decade, and the failures I see in the field alm…
Lithium Battery Performance for Power Tools: Sustained-Current Capability, Fast-Charge Aging, and Measured Runtime Across 18 V and 60 V Platforms
After fourteen years of building high-drain packs for cordless tool platforms, I have learned that “performance” is the most abused word in this industry….
Lithium Battery Testing for Power Tools: Pulse Load Cycling, Thermal Abuse Chambers, and IEC 62133 Verification
Over the past decade I have personally signed off on lithium battery testing programs for more than forty cordless power tool platforms — drills, impact d…
Lithium Battery Design for Mobility Devices: Cell Choice, BMS Tuning, and IEC 62133 Compliance
I have spent more than a decade designing lithium battery packs for powered wheelchairs, mobility scooters, and last-mile delivery carts, and if there is o…
Semi-Solid State Battery Testing and Standardization Methods
As a senior lithium battery engineer at Horizon Power, I have spent the better part of the last eight years moving lithium-ion cells from lab benches to ce…