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Anton Bauer Batteries, Dionic 90 Batteries, Dionic 160 Batteries, IDX
Endura Batteries, Red One Batteries, Sony BP Batteries, and Chinese -
Generic brand batteries to Rathbone Lithium Ion Broadcast Batteries Today!
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Quality, Price, and Value
Rathbone Broadcast Batteries Rechargeable Lithium Ion Broadcast
Battery Packs for Film,
and Cinematographer Camera Batteries fitting JVC, Panasonic, Sony, Red One,
Epic, Scarlet, Steadicam or any product using the Anton Bauer Batteries Style Gold or Sony
Batteries BP, IDX
Batteries Endura, Red One Batteries Style V Mounting Systems. And,
of course, Rathbone
Professional Battery Rebuilding Services. Place your package or
bulk order today!
Did I mention Lights, Bags, and Sign Wave
Inverters? All
Below. We stock parts for all of our light kits.
Scroll Down this Entire Page for specifications,
single unit pricing, and the volume pricing link.
During these
Trying Economic Times are You Looking Harder for Higher Quality Built,
Higher Performance Lithium Ion Broadcast Batteries at Substantially Lower
Cost and Better Value? Buy Rathbone in bulk before the price goes up!
Generic Cases, Rathbone Guts.
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Rathbone Broadcast Batteries, LLC., is a
Battery Assembler a factory, and Rathbone Broadcast Lithium ion V
mount and Gold mount battery packs and chargers are equal to or exceed
Anton Bauer Batteries, Dionic Batteries, IDX Endura Batteries ,
Red One Batteries V Mount, Sony BP Batteries V
Mount, and the many generic Lithium Ion Battery Packs and are a True Lithium Ion
Battery Value. Place your package or bulk order today!
Gold Mount
Front
Side
View shows Power Tap, P Tap Cover, LCD Power Display, and DC
Barrel Connector-Center Pin Negative
The "BEST AVAILABLE" Battery Cell:
Nickel Cadmium: Less than 500 Discharge Cycles, Mute Point (See Note at bottom
of page)
Nickel Metal Hydride: Less than 500 Discharge Cycles
Rathbone Lithium Ion Choice: 500 Discharge Cycles, the
highest discharge cycles available. When there are cells that are
truly better, (beyond marketing hype), we will have them first.
Red One V Mount Style Rathbone Broadcast Red One V Mount Alternative batteries,
(5 contact points), will
accept charge on Rathbone, Red One, and Sony BP V-Mount
Battery chargers. From
a Red One client, quote: "It is best to never power ANYTHING third-party
off the RED body itself--stick to the D-taps at the battery. Red One is awfully finicky when it comes to external accessories."
Accepting V Mount Charge from different V Mount Lithium
Ion Chargers
ReceiveaRathbone Broadcast Batteries On The Run (OTR)Single, 2X, or
4X Lithium Ion Battery Charger at cost with battery orders of four or
more and
FREE with the purchase of certain Rathbone Broadcast Batteries
higher volume battery
package deals. Go to
www.rathboneenergy.biz
for Special Pricing. More questions? For quickest response, email
sales@rathbonebroadcastbatteries.com and someone will return your sales inquiry between working on batteries
or, if no one is able to catch a telephone ring, leave a telephone voice
mail at 865-484-1783, FYI, short handed, use
email first. Place your package or bulk order today!
All Rathbone High Capacity Lithium Ion Broadcast Batteries come
standard with
A Standard 2 Pin Power Tap (P-Tap)Connector to Power lights directly.
A Standard DC Center Pin
Negative Barrel Connector for Rathbone Travel Charger or Power Output Not
to Exceed 55WH on the DC barrel output.
When AC power is available you
can plug your Rathbone Travel Charger, (RBLi-OTR1), into this DC
Port and charge the Rathbone Broadcast Battery while the battery
is in use, acting as a power supply. Ask for pricing
5 LED Power Indicator
Cells: LG Chem, Panasonic and Sanyo,
Best
Available lithium ion battery cells with the highest discharge
cycles available, No use of Good or Better options, only "Best" cells.
And NEVER Chinese or South African battery cells under any
private label
Are Rated at 500 Charge Discharge Cycles
which are the Very Best and Highest Discharge Cycle lithium ion
battery cells available.
(Best NiCad Available and Best Ni-MH Available:
No longer manufactured by Panasonic or Sanyo and much less than
500 Discharge Cycles)
It is normal for the battery
capacity of a premium brand battery cell listed above, to be at
60% of the original capacity after 500 discharge charging cycles
which is the best and highest discharge cycle lithium ion cell
available -
Short circuit: built-in resumable
protection circuit board
Light Grey Case to reduce heat absorption from the sun
Flat packing of cells over nesting of cells to assist in
heat reduction. Example: ProPac, Hytron and Dionic 90 have
a nested configuration of battery cells.
Detailed Battery Specification Sheet and
MSDS Sheet, in Black and White backing up what we tell you is
inside the battery packs is what we
are selling you. Know your MSDS sheet.
Rathbone could build alternative battery
packs with Chinese / South African battery cells for 75% less but we have
refused to do Chinese or "Name Brand" battery cells.
However, for the non-professional
wanting cheap batteries with cheap performance, for at least
half the price, we are thinking on it, No. If we did, we
WOULD
tell you they are poop in a bag before you give us your money.
But,When your
livelihood depends on your batteries a professional does not settle for second
best, let alone use Chinese battery cells and is not waived by overpriced
alternatives for fear of not being popular or part of a Kiss A _
_ crowd.
RATHBONE
RED ONE BATTERY ALTERNATIVES COME IN 160WH AND 200WH WITH AN
INTERNAL CHIP FOR RED ONE CAMERA VIEWFINDER COMMUNICATIONS.
Red One Battery Alternative
For SO's
160WH IS COMMON BUT 200WH IS BECOMING THE
PREFERRED WATT HOUR FOR SO's. Or, bring a knife to a gun
fight.
Scroll the complete table just
below!
REMEMBER: Compare our Rathbone
Broadcast Battery Assemblers 95WH High Capacity Gold
Mount, Red One V Mount Style Batteries, and Sony Style V Mount
Batteries, with the very best and highest number of real discharge
cycle battery cells from LG Chem, Panasonic and Sanyo to the favorite son price of Anton Bauer Batteries Gold Mount, IDX
Endura Batteries, Sony BP Batteries,
or Red One Batteries V Mount Technology.
Rathbone average factory price for a better
quality and value95WH Li-ON battery in quantities of
four is a rough $199.75 or on a 160WH, a rough
$304.75 each plus Rathbone 2 or 4 Port Simultaneous Charge Lithium Ion
Chargers with a 4 Pin XLR Power Supply at cost with a battery
purchase of four or more batteries.
Additional Purchase: 2 Port or 4
Port Simultaneous Chargers in G-Mount or V Mount with 4 Pin XLR
Power Supply is discounted when purchased with a package of Rathbone
Rechargeable Lithium Ion Broadcast and Film Batteries.
Anton Bauer Batteries Average
Favorite Son Price per Dionic HC is $400.00, Dionic 90 - $350.00,
Dionic 180 - $925.00, Hytron 50 - $225.00, and Hytron 140 -
$450.00 each. An AB Charger is always a lot extra.
IDX Endura Batteries Average Price per E-10
Endura 98WH - $289.95, ELITE Endura 142WH - $599.95 each. V Mount
Charger is always a lot extra.
Red One Batteries average price
from IDX Batteries and Numerous Generic Battery Suppliers for 150WH
is $399.00 each and the charger is always a lot extra.
For today's Steadicam Operator
High Power Demands we recommend the 200WH units.
Water-proof materials, completely
protecting the delicate equipment from dampness and rain, and
any worse outdoor conditions. You can view the camera's running
status easily through the large transparent windows. It's
flexible & easy to use. Used for all kinds of professional video
camcorders.
Full Disclosure Information - No Gray Area -
Everything Is Up Front In Detail.
Rathbone Broadcast Batteries, LLC., is a battery assembler, (A factory), not a box house
or widget buyer storing bulk purchase battery packs for very long periods of
time. Ron L. Rathbone is a foremost world wide behavior specialist
working with the DOD, DOE, and the Automotive industry in new battery
technologies. And our Rathbone Broadcast Lithium Ion Battery Packs serve as a Great alternative
to those battery packs manufactured for years Off ShoreFor companies like Anton Bauer
Batteries, IDX Batteries,
Red One Batteries, Sony Batteries, or Generic batteries like VariZoom
Batteries, Switt Batteries and a host of other generic Chinese batteries. You may have one or two broadcast battery companies that
ship in off shore battery inserts with circuit board attached and the
case shipped in as well and the battery placed into the case here which
would make them a value added distributor at best. But in reality
they really only have a weak tech repair center. Rathbone called
all other battery assemblers and distributors to the table in 1993 by
developing the FIRST and ONLY FULL DISCLOSURE WEB SITE, educating the end
users and giving extreme detail on battery pack design. Rathbone is the
only broadcast battery supplier that is an actual battery assembler.
No broadcast battery supplier or so called manufacturer actually assembles Li-ON cells into packs
themselves or within the USA. With proper motivation I could
supply contact information and links to their Chinese suppliers.
Whether a Professional, Freelance, or
Network buyer, once you or they understand the difference between
Rathbone Premium High Capacity Lithium Ion Broadcast Batteries,
overpriced segregated batteries with what we consider bad design and shelved
in a box house or other low end batteries that
have been on the shelf in a box house for a very long period and more than likely not
in a climate controlled storage environment, you or they will and do
choose Rathbone.
A Professional wants
a better value but also understands that when your livelihood depends on
your batteries you don't settle for second best or worse in product
quality, battery knowledge, or by use of low grade brand name cells and
short cuts or Chinese cells and
short cuts. A professional is also not waived by overpriced
alternatives for fear of not being popular or accepted as part of a Kiss A _ _
crowd.
If you are going to buy lithium ion battery
packs, nickel metal hydride battery packs, or rebuild your battery
packs, wisely invest your money in a more quality product through Rathbone
Broadcast Batteries........
Rathbone offers the widest selection of lithium-ion
broadcast batteries, Sony
Batteries Style V mount batteries
and Anton Bauer Batteries Style Gold mount batteries, and Red One
Batteries Style
Batteries for broadcast and film cameras. It
begins with a light weight RBLi-BP95G or V Mount (1.499 lb.) that has a 95
watt-hour capacity; and extends to 700WH that allows hours of
operation.
They are available exclusively through Rathbone
Broadcast Batteries, LLC., in gold-mount, v-mount, red one v mount style, and 4-pin xlr battery types that suit various kinds of
broadcast and film cameras. The battery housings are
ergonomically designed to enable robust usage; and yet easy to
handle.
Excellent Battery protection circuitry are built-in to safeguard against
over-discharge, over-charge and over-current.
Rathbone has streamlined the internal
operation and performance circuitry of
these batteries and they have built in protection circuitry to
ensure the highest degree of safety operation available.
Rathbone is a battery assembler since 1989, are competent, and
we use proper weld tabs, insulators, and spacers.
By streamlining these batteries and
components Rathbone removes
unnecessary and fragile and very unnecessary components that might be used to force someone's
battery to only work with one brand charger.
Unnecessary components that have nothing to
do with the safety of the battery only increase the chance that
the battery will fail prematurely because of unnecessary
components being damaged when a battery is jolted or dropped.
Unless there is a melt down or the user knows and understands
how to use the top of the line model, which still has gaps, the end user never knows the
difference, thinks the cells are bad and buys a new pack.
It also reminds me of a built in program on a thermostat for an
air conditioner filter or a broadcast product that takes an
average and then reads, "Service", whether the product needs
service or not.
All Rathbone batteries are equipped with:
LED indicators for monitoring the capacity.
Camera Light Power Tap (P-Tap
Connector)
DC Barrel Center Pin Negative
Connector for a Rathbone travel charger or power output not to exceed 55WH
Maximum. When plugged into a nearby AC outlet this
Rathbone travel charger will charger Rathbone Broadcast
batteries while they are running the equipment, effectively a
power supply.
You will also notice the lighter reflective
color of the case and the flat nature of the battery pack design
which allows less rows of cells that in return allow better heat
dissipation of the internal battery cells. The case for the
batteries and chargers are generic but are exactly what I wanted
for my battery and charger guts..
Components:
PTC Protection: After the Rathbone battery pack
purposely cuts off the load to protect the battery the Rathbone
battery pack will automatically restore to a useable condition
in just a few minutes.
Thermal Protection: If the Rathbone battery were
to become too hot the battery will automatically shut down to
protect the battery pack. When the Rathbone battery pack
temperature returns to a temperature within the usage parameters
of the battery specification sheet the Rathbone battery pack
will re-store to a working status automatically.
IC Over Discharge Protection: If the Rathbone
battery pack is placed in an over discharge situation the IC
Protection Circuit will activate and shut down the battery power
to protect the Rathbone battery pack. To restore the Rathbone
battery pack to an operating condition simply charge the
Rathbone battery pack and the IC circuit will automatically
reset.
LG Chem, Panasonic, and Sanyo "Best
Available" lithium ion battery
cells offer the highest discharge cycles available at +/- 500 charge - discharge cycles and a consistent
discharge performance curve throughout the cycle life allowing more run time per cycle. Low end
"Brand Name", Economy, third world
and Chinese cells offer < 200 charge - discharge cycles but also
supply a quick and constant degrading discharge curve,
performance, and it is not unusual to see battery cell leakage,
especially in Chinese cells,
which is a danger to the battery, the equipment, and most
importantly, the users.
Individual battery packs are
assembled from the same battery cell lot numbers.
(Lot-same manufacturing run)
As with our
assembly lines and now retired rebuilding lines, only fresh cells
and packs are used.
Your battery packs are custom built
under strict quality control using new, fresh premium Panasonic,
Sanyo, and LG, balanced battery cells from the same respective
manufactured battery cell lots. Contrary to
marketing hype in nickel metal hydride and lithium ion battery
cell and battery pack marketers, battery cells do not
have an infinite shelf storage life. Therefore, Rathbone
does
not build up a bulk of battery packs to be left sitting on shelves
for undetermined periods of time.
Rathbone
Broadcast Batteries, LLC.,
called all other battery assemblers and distributors to the
table in 1993 by developing the FIRST and ONLY FULL DISCLOSURE
WEB SITE educating the end users and giving extreme detail on
battery cell specifications and battery pack design,
Rathbone quality and price is Great. You
are getting below box house pricing on the Best Panasonic, Sanyo, and LG
cells, they move fast, so sometimes there is a short lead time on orders. Do not wait, place your
order today by email, telephone, or through our Rathbone Broadcast
Battery Store,
www.rathboneenergy.biz .
RUSH ORDERS:
Advise us of exactly how many Rathbone battery packs and chargers
you want to purchase from us and we will advise you the total price
to you for that Rush Order. Usually the ship date on a Rush Order
from us to you or location is approximately three to five days after
receipt of funds. Rush Orders usually dictate a bank wire.
Even as a Rush Order the total price for better quality Rathbone
Broadcast Batteries is substantially lower than similar battery
packs from Anton Bauer, IDX, or Sony.
If
for whatever reason you were forced to wait until the very last
minute to place and pay for your order we have an affordable
resolution. We understand that you really want Rathbone Broadcast
Batteries which are always in high demand and move off of the shelf
faster than we can produce them. Our policy is always first money
in is first product out. If this is your situation request and pay
for the RUSH ORDER option. We do not hold batteries for
promised money.
Even though these come and go Rebuild / Recell /
Refill want to be's use Rathbone Battery Reference Library PDF white
sheets as a guideline, they still do not
understand the electronics and battery cells and are still amateurs
spinning facts to be misleading. No matter what you are told,
quality battery cells are also not available so Do NOT do a Rebuild, Recell, or Refill! Explained in short on down this page.
These amateurs trying to recell or refill Anton Bauer, especially any
Dionic Series, do not even understand or use
the 2702 with DDM and cannot confirm that the battery is functioning
properly. From a battery assembler, what these amateurs are doing is very dangerous
and these are very dangerous opportunists risking you and your equipment!
DO NOT DO A RECELL OR REFILL, EVER!
Material
Safety Data Sheet, Handling and Chemical Specifications Sheet for Rathbone Lithium Ion
Broadcast Batteries The most important specification / information
sheet about batteries of any type from any manufacturer is your MSDS
(Material Safety Data Sheet).
Every battery user should read and understand your MSDS not just for
heavy metals but for the chemicals used by any battery cell manufacturer in the
manufacture of any battery cell. Reference my PDF, battery cell
leakage.
Why we refuse to rebuild IDX Endura V Mount Batteries,
Why we no longer rebuild Anton Bauer Dionic Series Batteries, Why we no longer rebuild
nickel cadmium batteries.
Repeat:
From a battery assembler, what these amateurs Recell / Refill
opportunist are doing is very dangerous and these are very dangerous
opportunists risking you and your equipment! DO NOT DO A
RECELL OR REFILL, EVER!
*Nickel Cadmium battery cells are environmentally
unfriendly. Thanks to
International Environmental Concerns and the good laws of other countries,
our battery cell manufacturers have already started to phase nickel cadmium
from their manufacturing lines. Panasonic did so in 2005. Sanyo
started their depletion in 2008. You
cannot use nickel cadmium battery cells and be green or promote yourself as
environmentally friendly. Rathbone Energy
is an
Environmentally Conscious Company striving to stay Green since 1989. Having our own line of lithium ion
broadcast battery packs, Rathbone Energy has phased out small cell nickel
cadmium battery assembly and also battery rebuilding, no longer supporting
new assembly or the rebuild
of Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) small cell nickel cadmium battery products in any
market. Being the only Battery Assembler
Worldwide that supports rebuilding battery packs, we understand that this
will create a hardship on those already invested in nickel cadmium products but we offer
our Upgrade and great
alternative in Lithium Ion.
Nickel Metal Hydride: Panasonic stopped production of
small cell nickel metal hydride cells in 2009 and in a restructure mode,
Sanyo Battery followed. If I could find Panasonic or Sanyo nickel
metal hydride battery cells through Panasonic, Sanyo, or another Valued
Added distributor, (who by the way have $5,000.00 minimum orders), the date
codes on the cells would be too old and unacceptable for premium
capacity ratings. Chinese and South African/Chinese battery cells under any
private label name have an average 200 discharge cycles, immediate battery
cell deterioration, and cell leakage which will damage circuit boards and
components. We do NOT do Chinese cells.
LifePo4 - September 01, 2011: I
started work on this product in 2007, I will write a white page on
why we continue to elect not to assemble this chemical battery and why
the battery pack manufacturers we work with refuse to work with this
chemical, and what my colleagues in the EV field and I experience when
running extensive test on this chemical from existing manufacturers of
the cell. I wanted to introduce this pack in early 2008 but for
the expectations of myself and industry colleagues that actually
manufacturer battery packs and chargers, it is not practical or ready.
I have been approached by most if not all of the manufacturers of the
cell for a long time wanting me to consider it for Broadcast batteries
and other versions for EV research. I have to say no and tell them
why without giving out our experience and research information for free.
This has been very frustrating to me because I was looking forward to
using this cell.
Since we no longer rebuild or do new
assembly with nickel cadmium battery cells below is a contact for recycling all your nickel cadmium,
nickel metal hydride, and lithium ion battery packs. We are NOT
affiliated with any recycle contact.
For those with minimal quantities of nickel cadmium battery packs they
can be dropped off at any Home Depot, Lowes, Sears, etc.
John Patterson
Metal Conversion Technologies, LLC
1 East Porter St.
P.O. Box 1026
Cartersville, GA 30120
678-721-0022 Phone
678-721-0266 FAX
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referred to them by Rathbone..
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rathboneenergy.biz, ARE THE ONLY CONTACTS AND SHIP TO LOCATIONS FOR
RATHBONE BROADCAST BATTERIES, LLC, Chinese companies are trying to confuse the market with ALL
of the other dot whatever extensions. That is actually flattering
for me but is also a real problem. Rathbone, the battery reference
library for the want to be since 1989.
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Rathbone Broadcast Red One V Mount Alternative batteries,
(5 contact points), will
accept charge on Rathbone, Red One, and Sony BP V-Mount
Battery chargers. 
A Standard DC Center Pin
Negative Barrel Connector for Rathbone Travel Charger or Power Output Not
to Exceed 55WH on the DC barrel output. 
DC Barrel Center Pin Negative
Connector for a Rathbone travel charger or power output not to exceed 55WH
Maximum. When plugged into a nearby AC outlet this
Rathbone travel charger will charger Rathbone Broadcast
batteries while they are running the equipment, effectively a
power supply.
