beginners help for battery types
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This category focuses on the various types of batteries used in computers, laptops, uninterrupted power supplies, and other computer peripherals. Each item is explained in general, providing information suitable for everyone from beginners to advanced users. A deep cycle battery is basically, a battery that's designed to be deep-cycled. A shallow-cycle battery is like your normal car battery. Deep cycle batteries are different - they have much thicker plates, and are intended for usage where they must supply power over a long period of time, as opposed to the car batteries that only needs to supply a lot of amps for a few seconds. A deep cycle battery is designed to be discharged down to 50% or more many times without damage. A typical starting battery is usually only discharged around 3% to 5% - and deep-cycling a car batteries will lead to rapid failure. |