All About Low-Voltage Disconnect
Battle Born Batteries are very safe, and one feature that helps protect people and their batteries is Low-Voltage Disconnect (LVD). This safety feature prevents you from completely depleting your lithium battery and destroying it. But if you don’t know your lithium battery has LVD protection, you might think your battery…
What Battery Cable Size Should I Use?
One upgrade RVers and boaters often make is to their battery systems. Whether you’re adding an additional battery or a whole new solar power system, choosing the correct battery cable size for your system is critical. Let’s jump in and talk about why it’s so important to select the right…
What Is A BMS (Battery Management System)?
Lithium-ion batteries have a lot of advantages over their lead-acid counterparts. They’re lighter, more efficient, charge faster, and have a longer lifespan. However, they’re susceptible to conditions that can damage the battery pack. Tapping into all of this potential requires lithium-ion batteries to be more complex and include components to…
Is It Dangerous to Mix Battery Sizes?
When you’re building a battery bank for your mobile or off-grid application, it can be tempting to mix and match different battery sizes. Simply put, the answer is NO. For the longer explanation on why this is a very bad idea, keep reading. Mixing Battery Sizes: What Happens? You cannot…
Amps, Volts, Watts: Differences Explained In Simple Terms
Amps, volts, and watts are three basic concepts you will repeatedly deal with when working on any electrical system. A fourth being resistance which is measured in ohms. It may seem overwhelming, but you don’t need an engineering degree to understand what electricity is and how to use it to…
Understanding Lithium-Ion: Getting Started with Your Battle Born Batteries
Here at Battle Born Batteries, we understand that the process for getting the basics down for our products can be a confusing one. In this blog, we’ll address a few topics about lithium-ion batteries like charging, installation and balancing. To begin, there’s lots of different ways to charge a battery. We have several brands that…
Battle Born Battery Troubleshooting Tips
Owning a portable power system can come with some unexpected complications. At Battle Born, we want consumers to be able to perform battery troubleshooting. Being able to measure the output of your Battle Born Batteries is essential to working out any issues with your system. Battle Born Batteries are smarter…
How Is Energy Stored in Batteries?
We use energy constantly – when we’re awake, when we’re asleep, no matter what we’re doing. We tend to take for granted how easy it is for us to obtain the energy required to power devices, appliances, tools, machines, vehicles, and all the things we use throughout the day and…
Installing Lithium Batteries – What Else Do I Need To Know?
Our sales team helped you make the wise decision of getting Battle Born Batteries, our incredible shipping team has packaged and shipped your product to you, now what? It’s time for installing your lithium batteries! Join us as we take you through everything you’ll need to know during the installation…