fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThere's a reason your Galaxy phone battery capacity isn't biggerwww.sammobile.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down111file-text
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minus-squareBotzo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·1 month agoAnti-clickbait title: the US federal regulation limiting cell phone battery capacity. If you want to skip the click through: 20Wh maximum https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-173/subpart-E/section-173.185
minus-squarexodoh74984@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-21 month agoThanks for this. Another important bit: 5,000mAh × 3.88V ÷ 1,000 ≈ 19.4Wh
minus-squareInnerScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 month ago The Watt-hour (Wh) rating may not exceed 20 Wh for a lithium ion cell or 100 Wh for a lithium ion battery. The difference between cells and batteries is that you have to have multiple lithium cells to make a battery. Edit: this is around 25000 mAh
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI’m guessing a pouch cell counts as ‘one cell’ vs. a larger battery pack with multiple cylindrical cells. It also explains why Apple does that weird thing with 4-5 batteries in a macbook…
minus-squarepirat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoDoes this mean the US doesn’t have powerbanks with e.g. 30000 mAh capacity?
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoWhat’s the reasoning behind this? Less risk of explosion?
minus-squareBotzo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoEffectively. Transportation safety with exemptions made for batteries under 20Wh.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoAh ok. Makes sense, I suppose. But what about the Chinese brand phones with the larger batteries? Are they, then, illegal to fly with in the USA?
minus-squarePycorax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThe page describes the regulations for manufacturers and dostributors. If you import it yourself or buy it elsewhere then it isn’t illegal.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAh, thank you. I appreciate that. Yeah, sorry, I did try to read it all, but it was very, very long, and English isn’t my mother tongue.
minus-squarePycorax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoNo worries, it is a pretty daunting document even as a native English speaker.
minus-squaresolrize@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoBbbut: https://www.unihertz.com/products/tank-3-pro
minus-squareBotzo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoIf you read the article or regulation, you’ll note that there are some ways to get around this by dividing the battery into cells. Also, that is a fucking hilarious “phone.”
Anti-clickbait title: the US federal regulation limiting cell phone battery capacity.
If you want to skip the click through: 20Wh maximum
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-173/subpart-E/section-173.185
Thanks for this. Another important bit:
5,000mAh × 3.88V ÷ 1,000 ≈ 19.4Wh
The difference between cells and batteries is that you have to have multiple lithium cells to make a battery.
Edit: this is around 25000 mAh
I’m guessing a pouch cell counts as ‘one cell’ vs. a larger battery pack with multiple cylindrical cells.
It also explains why Apple does that weird thing with 4-5 batteries in a macbook…
Does this mean the US doesn’t have powerbanks with e.g. 30000 mAh capacity?
What’s the reasoning behind this? Less risk of explosion?
Effectively. Transportation safety with exemptions made for batteries under 20Wh.
Ah ok. Makes sense, I suppose. But what about the Chinese brand phones with the larger batteries? Are they, then, illegal to fly with in the USA?
The page describes the regulations for manufacturers and dostributors. If you import it yourself or buy it elsewhere then it isn’t illegal.
Ah, thank you. I appreciate that. Yeah, sorry, I did try to read it all, but it was very, very long, and English isn’t my mother tongue.
No worries, it is a pretty daunting document even as a native English speaker.
Bbbut: https://www.unihertz.com/products/tank-3-pro
If you read the article or regulation, you’ll note that there are some ways to get around this by dividing the battery into cells.
Also, that is a fucking hilarious “phone.”