Correct disposal of used batteries
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Everything you need to know about how to correctly dispose of used and rechargeable batteries. Learn more!
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Battery tip: conversion from original US battery to DIN Euro type
It’s often that easy.
If a side terminal original battery is installed in your US car, you can often use a commercially available European DIN battery type with the battery clamps for US cars and therefore save money too.
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Bus manufacturers clear the way for more environmental protection and efficiency
Start-stop system installed in more and more city buses!
In the bus sector, too, primarily for city buses in conurbations, manufacturers are working to further reduce fuel consumption, pollutant emissions and noise emissions, in some cases drastically.
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Engine cold start - depress the clutch or not?
What should be considered during a cold start?
Stepping on the clutch pedal can make the engine cold start much easier!
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NEW: Power booster and memory saver in a single device.
Using an OBD-L adapter cable!
The battery business is evolving from being seasonal to a year-round business. An absolutely essential tool is the jump-start device with OBD-L Memory Saver adapter cable.
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Banner Lexicon: decarbonisation
What is decarbonisation?
Decarbonisation is THE key term in the area of environment and sustainability, with the aim of halting global warming and thus climate change.
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What is a long-term discharge battery?
As the name suggests, a battery for long-term discharging.
They supply portable energy for sailing and electric boats, yachts, caravans and motorhomes, camping/caravans and the solar sector, among others.
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Battery tip: jump-starting – just push the car?
Our answer to a question that has been asked frequently lately.
You can try to push your car with at least a second, or even better a third person, and then start it. This is because pushing creates kinetic energy which, in some vehicles, is transferred from the axle to the engine and thus enables jump-starting.
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Hobby and leisure batteries
Power to take with you!
These batteries are specialised, professional batteries that stand out from the rest and, like professionals, they do their job in a way that’s perfectly suited for their field of application and uncompromising in their quality. Among other things, they provide portable energy for sailing and electric boats, yachts, camper vans and motor homes, camping/caravanning and the solar sector.
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What does the optimum ambient temperature for a lead-acid battery mean?
Some facts on the subject of operating or ambient temperature.
As a general rule, Banner recommends an operating temperature of max. -40 to +55 degrees Celsius; optimum storage conditions are approx. +25 to +27 degrees Celsius. These criteria apply to all lead-acid batteries and are valid for conventional, EFB, AGM and GEL technology.
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Open the screw connections on the battery cover.
It’s this easy.
Please be sure to use an appropriately sized flat-blade screwdriver (slotted screwdriver) or the special “plug spanner” from Banner to open the cell plugs.
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Upgrading EFB to AGM start-stop car battery
What exactly has to be considered in detail here?
We explain to you what needs to be considered when upgrading technology, for start-stop batteries, from EFB to AGM batteries.
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