Re: (ET) Plug in & go

["David Roden" <roden ald net>]

Send reply to:          "Max Hall" <maxo iname com>
From:                   "Max Hall" <maxo iname com>
To:                     <elec-trak cosmos5 phy tufts edu>
Subject:                Re: (ET) Plug in & go
Date sent:              Thu, 18 Mar 1999 07:25:19 -0500

> "BCI" as in "Trojan
> Battery rates their conventional T-105 battery at 754 BCI cycles. "
> 
> What's it mean?
> "Basic Charge Incident"
> "Bold Cold Induction"
> "Base Current Impediment"
> "Boyardee Clip Irony"

BCI is BIC spelled sideways, so it's related to the pens and lighters.  
<groan>

BCI stands for Battery Council International.  They define standards for 
storage batteries.  Dimensions, for example:  that's why a group 24 
battery can always replace another group 24 battery.  They also define 
how certain performance figures are to be measured and specified, so that 
(for example) cold cranking amps and reserve capacity are always numbers 
that you can use to compare different brands of batteries.

BCI defines a standard method of measuring cycle life.  I don't know the 
details, but if a battery manufacturer specifies cycle life without 
stating that it is in accordance with the BCI measurement standard, that 
figure is not directly comparable with anybody else's (sigh).

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