Sanyo eneloop – Ready to use Rechargeable Battery

Sanyo have developed a totally new type of battery designed to meet the unique power needs and expectations of customers in the 21st century. The eneloop is a ready to use rechargeable battery, in essence it combines the benefits of standard disposable batteries, instant use, long shelf life, universal nature with the environmental and cost benefits of rechargeable batteries.

Sanyo eneloop batteries have the following characteristics:

• can be used right after purchase
• has a high performance
• has a long shelf life with no loss of energy
• can be used everywhere
• is cheap in purchase and usage
• is environmentally friendly
• is easy to use

Cell Pack Solutions are proud to offer the range of Sanyo eneloop batteries and chargers.

Previous to the introduction of the eneloop battery the characteristics outlined above could not be achieved with a single type of battery. The choice had to be made between disposable or rechargeable batteries, both of which have advantages and disadvantages.

Disposable batteries

Rechargeable batteries

 eneloop batteries

As mentioned earlier, Sanyo eneloop batteries combine the benefits of both disposable and rechargeable batteries to offer the ideal battery solution for modern electronic devices.

Instant use – unlike standard rechargeable batteries, eneloop can be used directly after purchase, there is no need to charge them before their initial use; the batteries can then be charged again and again. The actual state of charge after purchase cannot be guaranteed because length and conditions of storage cannot be predicted however, after recharge the battery will return to its full capacity.

Low self discharge – this is the key advantage of the eneloop over standard rechargeable batteries as the diagram below indicates:

This development is a major improvement as it means you don’t need to recharge your eneloop batteries each time you come to use it after storage. These characteristics open out the use of the eneloop batteries to a wider range of applications. Standard rechargeable batteries are excellent for frequent use in high drain applications such as digital cameras, if your use is more intermittent, it means you have to make time to charge the batteries up before use otherwise the performance of the camera may be very much reduced, this is where the advantages of eneloop become apparent.

Rechargeable up to 1000 times – Sanyo eneloop also carries the advantage of standard rechargeable batteries of being able to be recharged up to 1000 times. This not only reduces a vast amount of waste; using one eneloop battery will save the waste created by 999 disposable batteries, it will also save money over using disposable batteries. When you weigh up the cost of purchasing 1000 disposable batteries against 1 eneloop battery and a suitable charger, the savings become obvious. One calculation gives an indication; if you recharge your eneloop battery once a week then you could see up to 19 years of life.

Charging

The Sanyo eneloop battery is an improved NiMH battery, and can be charged in the same way as standard NiMH batteries. This means that they can be charged in standard NiMH battery chargers but is must be stressed that the quality of the charger used can have a great impact on the life time of your eneloop battery. Cell Pack Solutions offer various eneloop chargers which come supplied with eneloop batteries offering you excellent value for money and piece of mind.

Applications

Here is a list of just some of the applications Sanyo eneloop batteries are suitable for:

• remote controls,
• digital cameras,
• clocks and alarm clocks,
• electric torches,
• radios,
• LCD-TVs,
• electric toothbrushes,
• electric shavers,
• flashlights,
• electric toys,
• mp3 players,
• cd players and portable radios,
• electronic games.
• Computer keyboards and mice.