What is a battery cabinet?

Battery cabinets are a convenient storage solution that encourages staff to maintain the correct handling and storage procedures. By charging and storing batteries in the one location, you are reducing the likelihood of batteries being lost, stolen, damaged or left in unsafe conditions (such as outdoors).

Why should you have a battery cabinet?

For example, dropping a battery or leaving it in a hot location can result in irreversible damage to the battery cell, which can lead to ignition or explosion. Providing a battery cabinet can reduce these risks by encouraging safe handling and storing practices within your team.

How does a battery work?

Inside a battery, this energy is stored in the chemical bonds of the materials in its electrodes. The trick is to design a system where these materials can undergo reactions that release this energy in a controlled way—specifically, through the movement of electrons from one place to another. And therein lies the genius of the battery.

What makes a battery unique?

Batteries are unique because they store energy chemically, not mechanically or thermally. This stored chemical energy is potential energy—energy waiting to be unleashed. Inside a battery, this energy is stored in the chemical bonds of the materials in its electrodes.

How does charging a battery work?

Charging a battery is essentially running the redox reactions in reverse. An external power source pushes electrons back into the anode and pulls them from the cathode. At the same time, ions in the electrolyte move in the opposite direction, restoring the original chemical composition. This requires precise voltage control.

What happens at the atomic level in a battery?

At the atomic level, the process begins with redox reactions—short for reduction and oxidation. Oxidation occurs when a substance loses electrons, while reduction occurs when a substance gains electrons. In a battery, the anode is where oxidation happens: electrons are stripped away from atoms.