Cordless Drill Battery Care

Vacuum cleaner batteries are very important parts of every portable cordless vacuum cleaner. Even if you have vacuum cleaner with best characteristics on paper, but your Dyson DC16 battery pack is failing quickly, you will not be satisfied with your cordless vacuum cleaner as a whole.

Batteries as replacement parts for vacuum cleaners, can be bought on-line or in shops specialized for electronic equipment or shops with vacuum cleaner spare parts. Before buying cordless vacuum batteries, there are several things you should know about:

- rechargeable batteries die, too. Depending on the chemistry type, rechargeable batteries even when treated properly, can withstand only limited number of charging/discharging cycles. For example, deep cycle lead acid batteries (these are NOT common car starting batteries) and nickel cadmium batteries can endure few hundreds charging/discharging cycles, nickel metal hydride batteries up to 500, while various lithium batteries 'operate properly' even after 1000 charging/discharging cycles. When batteries are not treated properly, their life span shortens significantly and they simply die!

Note: 'operate properly' means that after some time all batteries lose their capacity, but this is within certain limits, according to various standards. The best tester is, You, consumer - if your vacuum is not performing as it did when you bought it due to failing battery pack, it is time to change the batteries.

- always read manuals of your cordless vacuum cleaners. Which handheld vacuum cleaner or backpack vacuum cleaner (or any other type of battery powered vacuum cleaner) you have, determines which replacement battery you will have to purchase. Read and write down exact replacement part ID number of your battery and of course which vacuum cleaner you have. This way you will certainly buy proper battery pack.

- non-oem replacement battery packs are generally cheaper than oem replacement Dyson 12097 batteries, but they are not tested thoroughly as oem's battery packs and more often lack performance of original batteries. Sometimes, new original battery packs cost almost as brand new cordless vacuum cleaner - in these cases buy non-oem replacement battery packs, but read what other customers have to say regarding batteries you are about to buy. If reviews of non-oem batteries are bad, there is no point in buying such battery - buy oem battery even if it costs almost as much as new cordless vacuum or simply buy a new cordless vacuum cleaner. IMHO, of course.

if you have vacuum cleaner that has battery pack consisting of ordinary consumer (most often AA or AAA) cell batteries (some cordless handheld or car vacuum cleaners), always replace all batteries (cheaper in the end) with new batteries having exact battery chemistry like old ones. When buying new batteries, try to buy good quality batteries - they last much longer and can endure more charging/discharging cycles and their self-discharge rate is much lower. Most common consumer primary and rechargeable batteries used in cordless vacuum cleaners are AA, AAA, 18650, CR2032, CR123A, LR44 and other similar alkaline, silver oxide, NiCd, NiMH and lithium batteries. Such batteries are mostly used as energy source to power main motor which creates suction. Also, coin or button cell batteries like CR2032, LR44 and similar are found in high-end vacuum cleaners' electronics - although some of coin batteries are available as rechargeable batteries, I still haven't found a rechargeable coin/button battery in any cordless or corded vacuum cleaner. Anyway, when CR2032 or LR44 batteries fail, they are simply replaced by a new one - such batteries hold their charge for many years and many owners of high-end vacuums that have such batteries are not aware of it, until they have to change them.

 - although memory effect of new Dyson BP01 battery types is much less obvious than in previous generations, it is highly recommended, from time to time - usually every couple of months (depending on usage frequency), to fully charge and than to fully discharge your vacuum cleaner and than to fully charge it again. This will refresh battery capacity and make batteries last longer. If you have vacuum cleaner with cell batteries (AA or AAA batteries), than small extra battery charger with discharge function can come very handy.