Rathbone Energy will pay You 5% Commission on Closed Rathbone Broadcast Equipment Referral Business.

Rathbone Energy will pay You 5% Commission on Closed Rathbone Broadcast Equipment Referral Business.  Contact us for details.

Rathbone Energy is giving a 5% commission to any client who sends us an order for New Rathbone Energy Lithium Ion Broadcast Batteries and Chargers, or any other Rathbone Energy Brand Broadcast Equipment and the referral makes the purchase.

How will we pay you the referral?  After the product is paid for, shipped, has been received by the client, and we have a signed delivery confirmation from the receiving party we will pay you the referral commission via cashiers check or PayPal, our choice.

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Ten Dollar $10.00 Credit!

• One (1) $10.00 credit for each Anton Bauer Dionic 90 / 160, Hytron 100/120/140 Series, Logic Digital ProPac or Logic ProPac Battery exchanged against one of our New Lithium Ion Battery Packs Comparible to Anton Bauer Batteries Dionic, IDX V Mount Batteries, Sony V Mount BP Batteries! 

• One (1) $5.00 credit for each Hytron 50, TrimPac, Proformer, or IDX or Sony BP Professional Camera Battery  exchanged against one of our New Lithium Ion V Mount or Gold Mount Battery Packs Comparible to Anton Bauer Batteries Dionic, IDX Batteries, Sony V Mount BP Batteries! 

  • One battery credit per each new battery purchased.

• Lithium Ion V Mount and Gold Mount Broadcast Batteries 

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Copyright Rathbone Energy 1991 - 2xxx

If you are going to buy lithium ion battery packs, invest your money in a more quality product through Rathbone Energy……..

• Comparible to Anton Bauer Dionic Batteries, IDX V Mount Batteries, and Sony BP V Mount Lithium Ion Batteries.
• We offer the widest selection of lithium-ion v mount batteries and gold mount batteries for broadcast and film cameras. It begins with a light weight BP65 (1.2 lb.) that has a 65 watt-hour capacity; and extends to 160 WH that allows over 5 hours of operation.
• They are available exclusively through Rathbone Energy in gold-mount or v-mount battery types that suit various kinds of broadcast and film cameras. The battery housings are ergonomically designed to enable robust usage; and yet easy to handle. 
• Battery protection circuitry are built-in to safeguard against over-discharge, over-charge and over-current. All batteries are equipped with LED indicators for monitoring the capacity.
• Panasonic and Sanyo lithium ion battery cells offer +/- 200 charge - discharge cycles and a consistent discharge performance curve throughout the cycle life allowing more run time per cycle.  Low end third world and Chinese cells offer < 200 charge - discharge cycles but also supply a quick and constant degrading discharge curve, performance, and it is not unusual to see battery cell leakage which is a danger to the battery, the equipment, and most importantly, the users.  You get what you pay for.
• Our V Mount Lithium Ion Batteries accept charge from IDX Intelligent Chargers, Cadex Analyzers, PAG Analyzers, Rathbone Energy Analyzers, Sony Intelligent Chargers, and aftermarket V Mount Lithion Battery chargers.

Available exclusively through Rathbone Energy, Inc., and our dealer network.  Please refer us at Rathbone Energy to your colleagues today.     800-223-1775 or 865-484-1783

Current On-Line Specials at www.rathboneenergy.biz

Ten Dollar $10.00 Credit!

One (1) $10.00 credit for each Anton Bauer Dionic 90 / 160, Hytron 100/120/140 Series, Logic Digital ProPac or Logic ProPac Battery exchanged against one of our New Lithium Ion Battery Packs!  One (1) $5.00 credit for each Hytron 50, TrimPac, Proformer, or IDX or Sony BP Professional Camera Battery.  One battery credit per each new battery purchased.

The Team at Rathbone Energy

Copyright Rathbone Energy 1991 - 2xxx

Current On-Line Specials at rathboneenergy.biz

Rathbone Energy, Inc now has a full Shopping Cart at www.rathboneenergy.biz including “Featured Items” on all of our

• Premium Lines of New Lithium Ion Broadcast Batteries from Rathbone Energy
  • Gold Mount and V Mount Lithium Broadcast Batteries comparable to Anton Bauer Batteries Dionic 90, Anton Bauer Batteries Dionic 160, IDX V Mount Lithium Ion Batteries, and Sony V Mount BP Series Lithium Ion Batteries 
  • Rathbone Energy:
  • Battery Chargers for Lithium Ion Batteries
  • Lighting: Broadcast, Flourscent, Ground, Spotlights, Lamps, more
  • Camera Bags, Covers, Protective Carrying Solutions
  • Broadcast Monitors and Panels
  • Video Lenses and Filters
  • Communications / Radio Batteries
• Premium Lines of Broadcast Battery Rebuilding for all Broadcast and Cinema Batteries including rebuilding Anton Bauer Batteries, Hytron 100, Hytron 120, Hytron 140, Hytron 50, Logic Digital ProPac, Logic ProPac, Standard ProPac, Hytron 50, ComPac, TrimPac, Battery Belts, Cinema Batteries, Film Batteries, Lunch Box Batteries, and dry cell batteries for any industry.  Rathbone Energy has been professionally rebuilding these battery packs since 1989.  See Rathbone Energy Broadcast Batteries for complete details in full disclosure black and white.
• Economy Lines of Broadcast “Sack and Save” Battery Recell / Refill are also listed in full disclosure black and white with no gimmicks on pricing, quality, or avoidance on exactly what you get for the lower price.
• We list everything for our Premium and Economy lines in full disclosure black and white so you do not guess, read between the lines, or find out after you have spent your valuable time and money.  You always get what you pay for.

There’s a better way - rathboneenergy.com when cell quality is paramount

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The Team at Rathbone Energy

Copyright Rathbone Energy 1991 - 2xxx

Why you should choose Rathbone Energy to service your valuable Anton Bauer Batteries and other equipment is in the details.

Rebuild of fine Anton Bauer batteries or other broadcast news, cinema, film or video batteries after they have died is our specialty, including those of defunct companies who frequently close their doors and then open again under the same or another name.  We have a Premium Battery Rebuilding Service and an Economy “Sack and Save” Recell or Refill Service, each listed below in detailed black and white facts.

First the picture story, followed by a detailed description and “no gimmick” pricing in black and white for our premium service.  Some pictures may be enlarged with a click for a cleaner picture.  Hoover 3 seconds to read picture text information.

Premium Service

 OPENING THE CASE: Original Logic Digital Hytron 100/120 with Glass Fuse.  No amateur opening your case improperly and also butchering your wiring harness then twisting the wires back together.  No band saws and bonding - glue.  Several important but none listed workmanship services are done at this point in our premium service.

           BATTERY INSERT COMPONENTS, CELLS, AND PROFESSIONAL PACKAGING OF OUR PREMIUM SERVICE: The same insert is used in Logic Digital, Original Non-Digital Hytron100/120/140  and Newer Non-Digital Logic Hytron100/120/140.  Digital=LCD Screen; Non-Digital=No LCD screen.  No amateur work here either.  We specify the exact cells used in black and white on the description and invoice.

 WELD SEAM ON A PREMIUM REBUILD: Original Logic Hytron 100/120/140l or Non-Digital after our Professional Welding Seam securing the case and allowing it to be rebuilt over and over.  Amateur’s and fly by night companies use “Bonding” which is glue and tape that will break and also ruins the case.

  Logic Digital Hytron 100/120/140 after closing the case shown with new back plate cover which includes Your logo and phone number and is included in the price.

FINAL TEST USED ON OUR PREMIUM REBUILDS: Our professional procedure and price also requires that All Logic ProPac Digital, Non-Digital, and Hytron 100, Hytron 120, and Hytron 140 recells are tested on Anton Bauer 2702’s w/DDM before adding enclosure.  We stand alone in professional quality rebuilding.  As shown below, PAG ACS analyzers supply excellent charge and maintenance to Your units and do not require communication with the internal temperature sensors of AB batteries.  Click to enlarge.

 First picture is one of our Anton Bauer 2702 with DDM testing stations, testing, autocal, and charging different rebuilt Anton Bauer ProPac Logic, Digital ProPac Logic, Hytron 100 Series battery packs to verify proper operation of the completed battery, on the chargers they were designed for, before we place the enclosure back together for our professional welding technique.   This picture is a PAG Pulsar with same type batteries doing a full diagnostic, discharge, charge, balance, and a recovery program, then to a stand by status.

Unlike smart chargers, Cadex and PAG analyzers do NOT require any digital circuitry to analyze and properly charger your batteries.

If your Anton Bauer Interactive chargers no longer recognize particular Anton Bauer Logic or Hytron series batteries the battery inserts may still be good and there is a cost saving resolution.  Call for details.

  For our safety and yours, expedient turn around, and quality work, sales staff are NOT allowed to interrupt technicians in assembly.

PREMIUM REBUILDING PACKAGE of Anton Bauer Batteries Hytron 100 Hytron 120 Hytron 140 to 150WH

• Rebuild Dead Anton Bauer Digital Hytron 100 /120/140 Since 1989!

• Part Number: RE-14ST10AH150R

• Description:

  • 14.4V, 10AH, 150.0 WH (1.25V per cell * 12 cells * AH Rating = WH)

  • 12, Panasonic or Sanyo foam positive electrode,

    • nickel metal hydride negative electrode cells,

    • low internal resistance,

    • quick and rapid charge,

    • 500 full charge discharge cycles

   

• • 2×2x3 configuration,

  • manufacturers brand labeled PVC shrink,

  • heat shrink weld tabs,

  • fiber tube enclosures,

  • fiber top and bottom insulators,

  • many unlisted workmanship details that should not be taken for granted,

  • new scratch resistant plastic Faceplates with client name and phone number. 

  • Safety Precautions.  When only the best will do.

  • The final test is with Anton Bauer Quad 2702 IntelliCharger’s with DDM.

  • Last we test each packs voltage through the pin connectors and finally on Anton Bauer Quad 2702 InterActive chargers with the DDM before shipping back to you.  When only the best will do.

 

 

• 2×2x3 configuration,

• manufacturers brand labeled PVC shrink,

• heat shrink weld tabs,

• fiber tube enclosures,

• fiber top and bottom insulators,

• many unlisted workmanship details that should not be taken for granted,

• new scratch resistant plastic Faceplates with client name and phone number. 

• Safety Precautions.  When only the best will do.

• The final test is with Anton Bauer Quad 2702 IntelliCharger’s with DDM.

• Last we test each packs voltage through the pin connectors and finally on Anton Bauer Quad 2702 InterActive chargers with the DDM before shipping back to you.  When only the best will do.

 

 

• 18 Month Pro Rate Warranty  

  • Limited Warranty Points including Pro-Rate verses Fix warranties 

  • 30 Day Money Back

  • Case Seal

  • FREE In-bound shipping available, details

  • We are not a start up company!

   

   

   

   

• We are a real battery assembly company and we assemble your battery inserts using only the best cells available from Sanyo and Panasonic.

• Since 1989, 18 consecutive years in Business

• The details are in the workmanship, battery cell quality, experience, knowledge, and years of stability in Your industry.

• An educated buyer is not in the best interest of most vendors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• BGT-14E95AH148R Logic Digital with LCD

• Description: (1.25V * 12 battery cells * 9.5AH = 148WH)

• 14.4V, 9.5AH, 148WH, 12 Name Brand Nickel Metal Hydride, “D” cells, 2×2x3 configuration

  • The Sanyo HR-DU (10AH) battery cells alone used in our premium package cost more than this entire pack.  So, when someone tells you they are using Sanyo cells …

• The insert is tested before installation into your case

• Your case is “bonded” - glued together and is then tested with a volt meter before shipping.

  • Bonding damages the case making the case a one time recell.

• 12 Month “Fix” Warranty

 

• Limited Warranty Points including Pro-Rate verses Fix warranties

• Battery packs are considered good and useable to 60% of capacity.

• 30 Day Money Back

• Battery Patch and Fix

• You get what you pay for.

• FREE In-bound shipping available, details

• 50 or more of same units per order call for special quote.

• Amateur Work Examples

• Stable Vendor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Ten Dollar $10.00 Credit!

  • One (1) $10.00 credit for each Anton Bauer Dionic 90 / 160, Hytron 100/120/140 Series, Logic Digital ProPac or Logic ProPac Battery exchanged against one of our New Lithium Ion Battery Packs!  One (1) $5.00 credit for each Hytron 50, TrimPac, Proformer, or IDX or Sony BP Professional Camera Battery.  One battery credit per each new battery purchased.

  • Lithium Ion for Broadcast

 

 

 

 

 

We can also convert your 60WH Ni-CD ProPac to 150WH Ni-MH.  Call for details

Contact Us Detail  Quick: 800-223-1775 or 8965-484-1783

Proudly Serving The Broadcast News Industry Since 1989.

If on an outside chance you have found a battery assembler or a battery pack rebuilder that offers everything we do in: cell selection, building your battery pack, efforts in safety, detailed black and white description sheets backed up by detailed manufacturers battery cell specification sheets, packing slips, and invoices, you have just found the web site and reason why.  rathboneenergy.com, Introducing a Battery Ethics Standard to Our Industry.

The more you are accurately informed the better you will appreciate rathboneenergy.com

The Team at Rathbone Energy

Copyright Rathbone Energy 1991 - 2xxx

Lithium-Ion Technology Considerations  An excellent article by David Harding discussing lithium ion purity and other important points of information regarding quality lithium ion battery packs and poor quality lithium ion battery packs manufactured using short cuts and leaky cells.  No, poor quality does not stop with lead paint, tainted shell fish, tainted tooth paste, poison animal food, and many other products that have endangered the lives of men, women, and children across the globe.  It is also in the quality of your battery packs that you carry on your shoulder.  Are you contributing to our Global debt or to the US economy? Email or blog us with your Li-ON horror stories and pictures so others may benefit from your errors.

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The Team at Rathbone Energy

Copyright Rathbone Energy 1991 - 2xxx

Yes

Premium Rebuild Procedure 

1. We clean your battery

2. Open your battery

3. Secure several internal stress points that were not OEM secured

4. Replace particular wires with heavier awg and color code correct wire to prevent potential breakage if not already broken

5. Build a new battery insert for your pack with premium detail specified cells

6. We require that the manufacturers of the individual cells we use to have

   1. The manufacturers PVC shrink tube to be on each cell verifying the cell we use.

7. We enclose each cell stick in a fiber tube for additional cell protection and safety.

8. We add a fish paper insulator cover to the top and the bottom of the battery insert.

9. Do a Charge-Balance-Discharge of that insert using Cadex, Christie, and Pag analyzers

10. Clean the electrical / power contacts of your pack case

11. Insert that tested pack into your case

12. Do another charge-balance-discharge test

    1. If an Anton Bauer Battery the packs MUST pass every test on one of our many Anton Bauer IntelliSeries 2702 chargers with DDM before we ad the enclosure and weld the case back together.

    2. If the packs fail the Anton Bauer test we inspect your boards and wiring harness and repair the problem even though the circuitry is not ours.

13. Seal your case

14. Test the individual Pin connections for proper voltage

15. On Anton Bauer Logic batteries we then place them on Anton Bauer Quad 2702 InterActive chargers  with the DDM module for their last test before shipping back to you.

16. Do 2-3 more charge discharge test to confirm proper operation

17. Ship your new rebuilt batteries back to you. 

Economy “Sack and Save” Procedure.  Our line comparible in quality to Fly by Night and Amateur Rebuilders Lower Priced Items

1. Open your battery

2. A band saw cut is performed to open the case thus allowing for a clean glue “Bonding”.

   1. Bonding is used by amateur competitors and do it yourself catalog readers

   2. Bonding usually prevents the case from being rebuilt again

   3. These people usually chew up the wiring harness while cutting the case open.  We will not.

3. Build a new battery insert for your pack with name brand cells

4. Do a charge of that insert using an analyzer

5. Insert that tested pack into your case

6. Seal your case with a glue called “bonding”.

   1. Bonding usually prevents the case from being recelled in the future

7. Test the individual Pin connections for proper voltage

8. Ship your new recelled batteries back to you. 

9. Amateur Work Examples

10. Stable Vendor

The Team at Rathbone Energy

Copyright Rathbone Energy 1991 - 2xxx

Is Rebuilding My Battery Pack Environmentally Conscious or Cost Effective to Me?

Absolutely! 

1. Environmentally Conscious: Rebuilding your battery is a conscious effort to  fight a throw-away society,  to recycle everything in the battery, and  to be cost effective.  For an idea of the cost effectiveness of rebuilding  look at our “Value” formulas on our Formulas Page and compare our price for  a rebuilt battery to that of a new battery pack.  Save the difference and get a salary increase!  Also, follow Genesis 1:26 and keep Earth friendly and safe for your children and future generations!  Be Responsible!  Be A Great Citizen for yourself, Human!
2. Cost Effective: Rebuilding  high quality battery packs with the best cells available will allow a good battery case and components to be used throughout your career.  A cost conscious professional will avoid any battery that is designed to simply work for two or three year years and then can only be traded in for the same battery at a very expensive cost.    Other questions in this area may be asked via email or telephone.
3. Recycle Anton Bauer
4. We
   • Pay the labor to
     • Cut the shells open for future use
     • Remove the old dead battery insert
     • Discharge any residual charge from the battery insert
     • Cut away the weld tab connectors
     • Slide the battery cells out of any paper tubes
     • Save and reuse the good paper tubes
     • Save and reuse any washers that “SHOULD” have been placed within any battery sticks for the insert
     • Hammer down the sharp nuggets left from pulling away the tabs
     • Wrap the individual cells in zip lock plastic bags, i row per bag, roll up the bag, and place in a box for melt down
     • Ship the raw battery cells to a melt down facility
     • All this cost us money
     • The cost to purchase new paper tubes and washers is comparable to the cost to salvage these but this has always been and will remain to be our procedure
     • We practice recycle and have always been Green.

The Team at Rathbone Energy

Copyright Rathbone Energy 1991 - 2xxx

Examples of Amateur Work

You get what you pay for.

All of these companies claim years of experience.

    The technician for this known company that built these inserts must have been on drugs.  Chinese cells, no paper tubes, no washers, actually soldered the weld tabs together creating additional voltage drops that will effect the readings of any quality smart charger or analyzer.  You would think they bought one of those, “Make a 6 figure income from home”, do it yourself books.

  The case is taped together with clear packing tape, Chinese cells, no paper tubes, no insulator washers, the external band is cut, butchered wiring harness, and more.

   Another from your well known franchised corner retail store. The case is taped together, has adhesive caulk inside the case rendering the case useless for repeat recells, Chinese cells, no paper tubes, the external band is cut, no insulator washers, butchered wiring harness, and more.

   A very well known and respected aftermarket company battery pack.  PVC Shrink and No tubes, split PVC and split solder tab shrink equal a recipe for disaster.

    Bait and Switch.  These people were and may still be in the very Southern tip of the country. Unfortunately for us we did a little business with them in 1994, toxic.  In this recent picture of a battery that came in here for a recell we discovered the following.  The tubes were removed from the OEM cells for recycle use but this vendors practice is to leave the Sanyo label and part number on the tubes even though they are using Chinese cells which leak or low grade brand name cells which have probably been on their shelf for years. Plus, they cut the band which should not be cut, and they cut the case in the wrong position.

   A New England vendor.  the case is cut leaving a gap, the case is only taped together, brand name “High Capacity” low end cells, no paper tubes, no insulator washers,  and more. Plus, they cut the band which should not be cut, and they cut the case in the wrong position.

More to come.  Now for intermission.

 MAKE A 6 FIGURE INCOME FROM HOME WITH MY NEW “HOW TO REBUILD YURE BATTERIES AT HOME” book.  No insulator washers, no paper tubes, a voltage drop at every solder joint, simply held together with pieces of tape. No, this one is not on drugs.  This one, with XX years of experience bought one of those, “Make a 6 figure income from home”, do it yourself books, and now he are a electronic technician with NO battery experience.  Yes, a perfect example of, “Those who cannot do write books” and the dummy’s who buy them. 

Fixing verses a Pro Rate Warranty: I thought “Fixen” was a Southern Term but apparently not.  When it comes to a warranty you should look for a Full Replacement Warranty like with the Rathbone Energy New Lithium Ion V Mount and Gold Mount battery packs or Rathbone Energy Premium Rebuild Battery Pro Rate warranties.  A warranty that will “fix” is fixen to get you!

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Glue - “Bonding”: These cases built by various West Coast Amateurs use Glue - “Bonding”  which will not hold, ruins the case, and allows No future recell or rebuild.

  These amateur “recell” business cases show where they cut the wiring harness, chewed up the wiring harness, “patched” the wiring harness and did that without color coding the harnesses, and use torn pieces of cork and cardboard as insulators where they broke and or cut the wiring harness or where bare cell was exposed.  Poop in a Bag, I mean brick.

Our facility: There are no fancy buildings or flatulent egos to inflate at Rathbone Energy.  This helps keep our cost down while supplying you the best battery cell inserts.   We keep overhead to a minimum and have modest salaries allowing you the best value on the highest quality cells.  

The staff is small in number but big in heart. 

We talk to people who have purchased cheap or even nonconforming product as a “real deal” or bargain who have then discovered that there is no such thing as a “Free” lunch.  But, you can also overpay for your product. We have heard it said that an educated buyer is good for the company, so we provide the battery value worksheet. 

To help with your purchasing decision, our cell and product specification sheets have been designed in great detail, nothing vague or generalized, backed up  with comparative manufacturers specification sheets.  Please advise us if you find an area where we are not competitive on same product so we may verify, make adjustments and gain your business!  Note: We have no problem with really low price battery competition.  They know their stuff, and so do we.

To guarantee you really receive what you have paid for, your purchase order and our invoice and packing slip will always show exact detail of your specified battery cell to assure no lesser quality than what you have purchased.

If on an outside chance you have found a battery assembler or a battery pack rebuilder that offers everything we do in (Not going to happen): cell selection, building your battery pack, efforts in safety, detailed black and white description sheets backed up by detailed manufacturers battery cell specification sheets, packing slips, and invoices, you have just found the web site and reason why.  rathboneenergy.com

The more you know the more you will appreciate rathboneenergy.com

The Team at Rathbone Energy

Copyright Rathbone Energy 1991 - 2xxx

Using The Sanyo N1900CSR Battery Cell

Rebuild of fine Quantum Turbo Z batteries or other broadcast news, cinema, film or video batteries after they have expired is our specialty, including those of defunct companies who frequently close their doors and later open under the same or a different name.  Rathbone Energy, Exceeding Industry Standards In Battery Cell Packs Since 1989!

The Best Rebuild Value for Your dead Quantum Turbo Z Battery is our Best 19wh nickel cadmium battery insert and Rebuild service using Sanyo N1900CSR Durable, High Capacity, Fast Charge Cells. Nothing else in Nickel Cadmium comes close! Rathbone Energy Standards Require Cell Quality First, Cost Second - The Affordable Alternative - Rathbone Energy, An Enterprising Solution, We lead, the rest follow.

Description: 10.0V, 1.9AH, 19WH, 8 Saft VRE 1800CS Fast charge, sintered positive electrode, “CSR” cells, 900-1200 full charge discharge cycles, low internal resistance, handles heat best, most durable, 2×1x4 configuration, manufacturers brand labeled pvc shrink, heat shrink weld tabs, new scratch resistant plastic Faceplates with client name and phone number.  The Aaton case has no room to add fiber tubes to the cells.

Battery Cell:  Sanyo Best N1900CSR Sintered Positive Electrode, Fast Charge CS cell, exceeding industry standards. This cell is factored at 1.9AH at C/1 rate. some engineering specification sheets spec Ni-Cd battery cells at 1.25V * 8 cells = 10.0V * 1.9AH = 19WH, with +/- 900-1200 full charge-discharge cycles. For complete cell specifications detail on all major brands and models offered in the market see battery cell specifications.

The Team at Rathbone Energy

Rebuild of fine Anton Bauer Hytron 50 batteries or other broadcast news, cinema, film or video batteries after they have expired is our specialty, including those from defunct companies who frequently open and close their doors under the same or different names.  Rathbone Energy, Exceeding Industry Standards In Battery Cell Packs Since 1989! 

  Testing Hytron 50 Rebuilds

     Anton Bauer Hytron 50 recelled to 67WH using the Sanyo HR-4/3FAU4500 Ni-MH battery cell. 14.4V 4.5AH 67WH, twelve  Sanyo HR-4/3FAU4500 cells, 2×1x6 nested configuration, manufacturers brand labeled pvc shrink, heat shrink weld tabs, fiber top and bottom insulators, new scratch resistant plastic Sideplates with client name and phone number. Charge/discharge cycles are 500-700 full charge/discharge cycles.

      If after rebuild your battery does not pass the test of an Anton Bauer Interactive 2702 PowerCharger with DDM you will be advised and you are NOT charged for the recell.  Your three choices are then:

1. At your request the new insert will be removed and your empty case returned to you.

2. Purchase a good and used Hytron 50 shell from Rathbone Energy, Inc. at only $50.00 and proceed with the battery rebuild. 

3. If after being rebuilt your Hytron 50 does not pass the test of an Anton Bauer InterActive 2702 with DDM, you should know that it will still charge just fine on a PAG Pulsar or Quasar Analyzer and will also continue to work on your cameras.

   1. You  can purchase one of these PAG analyzers from Rathbone Energy, Inc., at a discount from the PAG price structure.

These inserts and the Rebuild service for your dead Digital Hytron 50 battery packs are direct replacements, exceeding industry standard cell packs. These Inserts or Rebuild Units are built with the specified cells at (@C\1), dT/dt.

Battery Cell: Hytron 50: The Sanyo 4.5AH Fast Charge HR-4/3FAU4500 cell, exceeding industry standards. This cell is factored at 4.5AH at C/1 rate. Some engineering specification sheets spec Ni-MH battery cells at 1.25V * 12 cells = 15.0V * 4.5AH = 67.5WH), with +/- 500-700 full charge-discharge cycles. See battery cell specifications for complete cell detail.

Many of our product lines use larger “D” and “F” cell nickel cadmium and nickel metal hydride battery cells.

For dry cell lithium ion, dry cell nickel cadmium, dry cell nickel metal hydride, and dry cell lead acid we use only Enersys Hawker, Panasonic, Saft France, and Sanyo battery cells.

Many of our primary industries use battery cell sizes such as “D” and “F” cells.  Today these cells are no longer the main stream of the world wide industry and they are the more expensive cell sizes.

In today’s Economy the above battery cell manufacturers are reluctant to activate large assembly runs of these cells and stock in warehouses inside the United States.  Like everyone else they too have gone to a perpetual inventory system.  But they are more drastic in their measures.

For example:

Panasonic Batteries

Knowing that in 2009 Europe will no longer allow the sales of nickel cadmium products within the Europe, Panasonic has already dropped all larger nickel cadmium battery cells, which are the cells that are more expensive to produce and store.  Panasonic moved all battery sales offices to one location years ago.

Sanyo Batteries

Sanyo has recently closed all US regional sales offices, leaving only one US office in Dallas Texas. 

Saft France Batteries

Saft France likes to take off eight weeks in the winter and does not carry stock in the US during this time.  If you have an outstanding blanket order, tough.

All three have reduced the volume of D and F cell assembly and have reduced the volume shipped into the US.

Remember, no chemical battery cell has an infinite shelf storage life.  Yes, you may get a charge into a battery not of recent manufacture, but, you will most definitely get less performance out of that cell. 

Quality battery cells are always expensive, but the “D” and “F” cell sizes used in many of the industries we support are much more expensive than other cells.

We never trust the age of battery cells available through most authorized value added vendors, (AVAD), for battery cells. We buy Saft direct and are the only stocking SAFT distributor in the US.

In April 2007 we placed, through our normal Sanyo AVAD channel, a small test order of 500 Sanyo N4000DRL cells for a space satellite project.  A quality sensitive order.  The cells that arrived were date coded for January 2001.  We sent them back and have a 16 week lead time for new N4000DRL cells.

Because of our quality standards, the economy, and the new policies of the higher quality battery cell manufacturers we are constantly at the mercy of our selected battery cell manufacturers.

We could purchase lower quality Chinese cells but we are not like everyone else.

Many times turn around is directly related or effected by the new policies of the battery cell manufacturers.  Please appreciate our position on selecting only the best, and our inspection of battery cells we must occasionally purchase through another AVAD.

Cost of Nickel: Battery cells are shipped for melt down and recycle to either of two locations in the USA.  They are melted into 1 ton cubes, placed on rail cars, sent to port, and shipped to China.  China then reprocesses and separates the metals, takes the nickel and produces nickel foil that is then sold to battery cell manufacturing companies.  Since January 2006 to May 2007 China has raised the price of nickel foil from $18K per ton to $57K per ton.  This cost is passed on down to us and then to you.

Ron Rathbone

President

     The following article provides an explanation to why a group of battery cells, designed in series and formed into a pack, may degrade or be defective in the battery pack when composed with poor connection weld tabs.

     Battery cells are a very fragile component of the final assembled battery insert.  Due to high heat transfer inside the cell causing insulator breakdown the cells cannot be soldered directly onto the post together with wire.   Also the smooth hardened poles on top and bottom of the cell are extremely hard to solder and the extra long time to heat and rough the poles will certainly degrade the cell’s inside insulator to unacceptable levels. Therefore, each cell is welded to another cell using thin tab strips of tin metal connectors. Each connector tab is welded to each pole of the battery cell using a precisely timed and shaped pulse of high current through the connector tab to the surface of the battery electrodes. This creates a permanent, rigid, and highly electrical conductive connection to and from multiple battery cells, forming a complete battery pack insert.

       The final assembled battery pack insert with proper weld connections may now be charged and discharged to its full potential properly without defects. With factory techniques, a properly developed battery pack will become balanced and will attain maximum power delivery in a very short time.  Also when balanced, each cell is working equally together with the other cells to present a smooth current flow and maximum time of power. Average lifetime expectantcy should be around 500 charge - discharge cycles for nickel-cadium (Ni-Cd) press negative battery packs and nickel-metalhydride (Ni-MH) battery packs.

     However, if final assembled battery pack inserts are manufactured with poor or defective weld tab connections, several occurrences will arise.

•  High resistance spots to current flow in the weld tabs will exist, developing to the equivalent of a spark gap. Abnormally high current spikes can jump small gaps and cause a single battery cell in a battery pack to overwork excessively, or a series of spark gaps can cause a small group of battery cells to spike excessive current flow and become overburdened.
• The overburdened cells will cause the battery pack insert to become imbalanced, and cannot be corrected with factory techniques of charging and discharging.
• The imbalanced battery pack cells can no longer work uniformly as a battery pack insert, thus causing a substantial decrease in current flow and total time of power delivery.

     The battery cells in a final assembled battery pack composed with poor weld tabs, will experience constant spikes of current discharge and also constant spikes of charging current from the charging devices and charging systems. The aftermath of constant spikes to and  from the cells will cause the organic insulation between electrodes inside the battery cell to have degraded or deteriorated to null and cause the battery cell to hold a zero volt charge. Even with replacing the degraded battery cells with new ones to the existing battery pack, the process will endure an average of 8 working hours for each pack to analyze, charge, and controlled discharge techniques to properly match the previous cells and the new cells uniformly to create a balanced battery pack insert for the second time around.

The Team at Rathbone Energy