battery Charger

Battery chargers are devices used to introduce electrical energy into another electrical cell or rechargeable battery. A battery charger does this by pushing an electric current through it. Different types of rechargeable batteries require different charging currents provided from the battery charger, therefore many different types of battery chargers are manufactured to meet this need. For example, a motorcycle battery requires a different power than a cell phone battery.

There are many types available from battery charger vendors for various uses, some of which may include, slow-charge trickle charger, high-speed fast charger, inductive charger, electromagnetic induction, and solar chargers using solar energy , and are usually portable. Since a charger may be connected to a battery, it may not have the voltage output filtered, so battery chargers equipped with filtration and voltage regulation are called battery eliminators. Battery chargers are available from battery charger suppliers across the UK and most will have a wide variety of devices.

There are many different types of chargers, some of which may include:

o Trickle charger
o Quick Charger
o Inductive charger
o Solar charger
o Pulse charger
o Intelligent charger

A trickle charger is a device that charges a battery slowly at the self-discharge rate and is the slowest type of battery charger. A battery can be left on an operating charger indefinitely, and doing so keeps the battery charged, but never overcharges.

A quick charger uses controlled circuits in the batteries that charge to quickly charge the batteries without damaging the cells. Some of these types of chargers may have a cooling fan to keep the temperature of the cells under control. Some quick chargers can quickly charge NiMH batteries even if they have no controlled circuit.

Solar chargers use solar energy and they are usually portable. Many portable chargers can only take energy from the sun.

Inductive chargers use electromagnetic induction to charge batteries. This is achieved by a charging station that sends electromagnetic energy through inductive coupling to an electrical device that stores the energy in the batteries. This is achieved without the need for metal contacts between the charger and the battery.

Other types of chargers include timer-based and USB-based applications.