{"id":230,"date":"2018-04-24T11:21:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T11:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/langs.co.uk\/blog\/?p=230"},"modified":"2018-04-24T11:21:59","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T11:21:59","slug":"more-battery-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.langs.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/04\/24\/more-battery-news\/","title":{"rendered":"More battery news."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-231\" src=\"http:\/\/langs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Graphics12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"210\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over time, there are more innovations, updates and tweaks in technology.&nbsp;&nbsp; With an eye on the future, another on the past, and yet another on their competition, Metabo have released (2017) a new battery range.&nbsp; It&#8217;s the new LiHD (lithium ion high demand) battery which is backwards compatible to be used with existing machines and chargers; a policy that Metabo has had since 2009.&nbsp; Metabo trying to deliver a cordless tool, with the performance of a corded power tool.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LiHD. Revolutionary Metabo battery pack technology for new extreme performance. (English)\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t-Ujj8RbHm0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the difference between the new and the old technology?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Compared to the old Lithium Ion batteries, the new Lithium HD batteries&nbsp; have 67% more power, and 100% more run-time!&nbsp; With an ultra low profile and a 100% compatibility with old chargers and machines.&nbsp; These look like the perfect upgrade for a already purchased machine.&nbsp; Here&#8217;s what Metabo say themselves.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Revolutinary LiHD high-performance cells:<\/b> Completely new electromechanical design with significantly stronger conductors, which in combination with more active material, permit a<\/p>\n<ul class=\"editedList\">\n<li>significant increase in the accessible power output<\/li>\n<li>resulting in more usable energy for you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><br \/>\nMassive power rails capable of handling high currents, <\/b>enlarged contact and cell connectors made from a special CU alloy, conduct the current with reduced losses.<\/p>\n<p><b>Increased run time thanks to:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"editedList\">\n<li><b><b>an increase in active cell material<\/b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>high-quality materials <\/b>(silver and copper) in combination with stronger conductors &#8211; this permits a more efficient energy flow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These 18volt batteries come in three AH versions 7AH, 5,5AH and 4AH costing around \u00a3110, \u00a385 and \u00a369 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s next?&nbsp; What&#8217;s next, is the innovation and redesign of Metabo&#8217;s power tool line-up to work more efficiently with their new battery.&nbsp; More efficient power governers, more effecient brushless motors, a change back to a metal or carbon fibre gearbox,&nbsp; even further and better ergonomic design.&nbsp; The list is endless, difficult to keep the tool under an affordable price, and this is a problem for a lot of power tool companies.&nbsp;&nbsp; So stayed tuned for more innovations!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Over time, there are more innovations, updates and tweaks in technology.&nbsp;&nbsp; With an eye on the future, another on the past, and yet another on their competition, Metabo have released (2017)<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.langs.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/04\/24\/more-battery-news\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-batteries","category-powertools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.langs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.langs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.langs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.langs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.langs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.langs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.langs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.langs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.langs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}