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Batteries
The Age of Automation uses advanced batteries as high capacity energy storage.
The batteries listed here are typical of the middle Age of Automation. Early Age of Automation batteries may store only 1⁄2 to 2⁄3 as much energy and have only 1⁄2 to 2⁄3 as much power as a similar sized middle Age of Automation battery.
By the late Age of Automation, batteries may have between 1.5 and 2 times as much energy and power.
- Button Battery: A small, flat, round battery about the size and shape of a dime. Primarily for powering small consumer electronics.
Energy: 4 kJ
Power: 10 W
Mass: 1 g
Price: $2 for a package of 100.
Size: -12, Toughness: +5, Pen. Limit: -12, Injury Susc.: +22½, LWL: -5
- Flashlight Battery: A battery about the size of a modern AA battery.
Energy: 40 kJ
Power: 100 W
Mass: 10 g
Price: $2 for a package of 10.
Size: -9½, Toughness: +5, Pen. Limit: -9½, Injury Susc.: +18, LWL: -2¾
- Lantern Battery: A battery about the size of a modern C-cell battery.
Energy: 160 kJ
Power: 400 W
Mass: 40 g
Price: $0.8
Size: -8½, Toughness: +5, Pen. Limit: -8½, Injury Susc.: +15, LWL: -1¼
- Battery Pack: A power supply about the size and shape of a paperback book. battery packs are designed to be easily chained together – add their energies and powers together for the net energy and power of the assembly.
Energy: 4 MJ
Power: 10 kW
Mass: 1 kg
Price: $20
Size: -5, Toughness: +5, Pen. Limit: -5, Injury Susc.: +8½, LWL: +2
- Portable Battery Power Supply: A power pack about the size and shape of a gallon (4 liter) jug of water.
Energy: 40 MJ
Power: 100 kW
Mass: 10 kg
Price: $200
Size: -2½, Toughness: +5, Pen. Limit: -2½, Injury Susc.: +4, LWL: +4¼
- Household Battery: A backup power supply for a building, about the size of a trashcan or small refrigerator, capable of providing power on the order of a megasecond for a typical family house. A household battery is usually directly wired in to the building's electrical system to automatically recharge when needed or to take over as a power supply when the grid power cuts out or is insufficient.
Energy: 400 MJ
Power: 1 MW
Mass: 100 kg
Price: $2 k
Size: -½, Toughness: +5, Pen. Limit: -½, Injury Susc.: -1, LWL: +6¾
Ultracapacitors
Ultracapacitors (also called supercapacitors) are capable of charging and discharging at far higher rates than batteries, but store less energy for their size.
- Device Ultracap: An ultracapacitor about the size of a modern C-cell battery.
Energy: 16 kJ
Power: 4 kW
Mass: 40 g
Price: $80 for a package of 100.
Size: -8½, Toughness: +5, Pen. Limit: -8½, Injury Susc.: +15, LWL: -1¼
- Ultracap Pack: This ultracapacitor is roughly the same size as a battery pack, and fits into the same holders. For safety, it cannot be directly chained to battery packs, but an adapter can be used to recharge ultracap packs from battery packs.
Energy: 400 kJ
Power: 100 kW
Mass: 1 kg
Price: $200 for a package of 10.
Size: -5, Toughness: +5, Pen. Limit: -5, Injury Susc.: +8½, LWL: +2
- Portable Ultracap Power Supply: A power pack about the size and shape of a gallon (4 liter) jug of water.
Energy: 4 MJ
Power: 1 MW
Mass: 10 kg
Price: $200
Size: -2½, Toughness: +5, Pen. Limit: -2½, Injury Susc.: +4, LWL: +4¼
Accessories
- Recharger: Can simultaneously recharge up to 2 flashlight batteries or 16 button batteries. Includes an adapter.
Mass: 0.15 kg
Price: $4 - Adapter: Converts grid electricity to a form that can recharge batteries or ultracapacitors. The any given adaptor can charge either batteries or ultracapacitors, but not both. Battery packs, Portable battery power supplies, any listed ultracap, and most tools using batteries or ultracaps can be plugged in to an adapter (which is plugged into the electric grid) to recharge. A third variety of adaptor couples batteries to ultracaps, allowing a battery or battery stack to charge ultracapacitors or vice versa.
Mass: 50 g
Price: $2 - Inductive Charger: Wirelessly charges batteries using magnetic induction. Place the batteries (or device containing the batteries) on the pad and the batteries will start charging. It can even charge batteries up to several tens of centimeters away (although at reduced speed). It senses when an uncharged battery is present, and shuts down when no battery is near enough or all the batteries in range are fully charged. Inductive charging is not as fast as a direct wall connection – the power delivered to the battery is halved and maxes out at 400 W. The inductive adapter must be plugged in to the grid in order to work.
Mass: 1 kg
Price: $12 - Power Beltpack: A battery and ultracap pack holder with belt loops and velcro closings. Up to three can be comfortably worn on each side, but this will not leave room for other belt storage (such as a holster).
Mass: 0.1 kg
Price: $2 - Power Half-Backpack: A small backpack battery and ultracap pack holder that can accomodate up to four battery packs.
Mass: 0.3 kg
Price: $4 - Power Backpack: A backpack battery and ultracap pack holder that can accomodate up to eight battery packs.
Mass: 0.5 kg
Price: $6
Solar Generators
Photovoltaic panels can be used to generate electric energy in well-lit environments.
The listed power generated is under typical conditions with a Sol-like sun at a distance of the sun's distance from Earth. This assumes partly cloudy skies at mid-day in summer with the panels at about a 45° angle from the sun's rays.
This can change according to weather conditions.
Increase the power by up to ×2 for perfectly clear skies or ×2½ if there is no atmosphere at all.
Fully overcast conditions can decrease the power by ×1⁄2 to ×1⁄4.
Winter or evening can reduce the power by another ×1⁄2; more for late evening, and no power at all at night.
Facing the panels directly into the sunlight is good for another ×1.5.
Any number of solar generators can be connected together to add their powers.
- Solar Book: A solar panel that folds into a package about as large as a hard-back book. Unfolded, it covers 1 m².
Power: 100 W
Mass: 0.3 kg
Price: $10 - Solar Strip: A 10 cm by 30 cm section of photovoltaic material with a reversible adhesive on the back side. A few strips are often attached to the back of backpacks or jackets for powering gadgets when away from a power grid for extended periods of time.
Power: 3 W
Mass: 8 g
Price: $0.3 - Utility Panel: A 2 meter × 2 meter panel for supplying electricity to installations or the utility grid. The pannel is rigid, stiff, and ruggedized for long-term outdoor use, and stands up to wind, rain, and weather.
Surface coatings make the panel impact resistant, scratch resistant, self-cleaning, and superhydrophobic (meaning water beads up and runs off rather than sticking and wetting the surface).
Power: 400 W
Mass: 12 kg
Price: $80 - Sun Tracker: An actuated mount for a solar utility panel. It will tilt to follow the sun throughout the day, automatically giving the ×1.5 increase to power for facing the panel directly into the sun.
Mass: 20 kg
Price: $60
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