High Voltage Spike - Rapid voltage peak up to 6000 volts with a duration of 100mS to 1/2 cycle.
Secure Waste Landfill - A landfill designed for disposal of normal household trash but which meets government standards designed to protect the environment.
Service Life - The period of useful life of a battery before a predetermined end-point voltage is reached.
Primary Battery - A battery which is not intended to be recharged and is discarded when the battery has delivered all of its electrical energy.
Electrolyte - The medium which provides the ion transport mechanism between the positive and negative electrodes of a cell.
Memory Effect - A phenomenon in which a cell or battery operated in successive cycles to the same, but less than full, depth of discharge temporarily loses the rest of its capacity at normal voltage levels.
Noise level - Acoustical decibel level of a source of noise, measured according to the applicable ISO standard.