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Welcome to the battery information center. Our goal is to provide all the information you may need related to batteries and their usage. There is a vast amount of information available on battery technology and as a result, this page will continue to grow. If you have a  specific question or are looking for information not yet available on this page, please fill out our feedback form and we will do our best to add the information in later updates of this section. Also, we have created a glossary with battery terminology that may be helpful.

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Material Safety Data Sheets:

Hawker Sealed Lead Acid Battery MSDS in PDF Format - 80KB
Panasonic: Sealed Lead Acid Battery MSDS in PDF Format - 58KB 
Power-sonic Sealed Lead Acid Battery MSDS in PDF Format - 117KB
Yuasa Sealed Lead Acid Battery MSDS in PDF Format

Please Pick a Battery Technology:

Alkaline Batteries

Panasonic
Technical Specifications on Industrial Alkaline Batteries in PDF Format - 205 KB

Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) Batteries

Panasonic
Overview information on Li-ion Batteries in PDF Format - 53KB
Precautions and safety notes for Li-ion Batteries in PDF Format - 29KB
Li-ion charging information in PDF Format - 23KB

Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cad) Batteries

Panasonic
Overview information on NiCd Batteries in PDF Format - 612 KB
Precautions for designing devices with NiCd Batteries in PDF Format - 485 KB
NiCd Charge Methods in PDF Format - 647 KB
Technical Information on NiCd battery packs in PDF Format - 29 KB

Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) Batteries

Panasonic
Overview information on NiMH Batteries in PDF Format - 791 KB
Precautions for designing devices with NiMH Batteries in PDF Format - 481 KB
NiMH Charge methods in PDF Format - 483 KB
Technical Information on NiMH battery packs in PDF Format - 473 KB

Sealed Lead Acid (SLA) Batteries

Hawker
Cyclon® Application Handbook
Cyclon® Selection Guide
Genesis® Selection Guide

Panasonic
Overview Information on SLA Batteries - 1603 KB
Precautions for Handling SLA Batteries - 538 KB
VRLA Charge Methods - 508 KB
Information on Terminals and Tabs - 469 KB
Example of SLA Battery Labels - 465 KB
Table of Discontinued Batteries - KB

Power-sonic
Technical Manual - 164KB