Sentences with phrase «fail a battery of»

In the 21st century, as standard - based reform is blazing the path in education, students are not the only ones being judged on their ability to pass or fail a battery of tests.

illustration: Benjamin Messinger © 2003 In the 21st century, as standard - based reform is blazing the path in education, students are not the only ones being judged on their ability to pass or fail a battery of tests.

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Fisker then suffered a series of mishaps, including a battery flaw that caused at least one of its vehicles to burst into flames, and a lurid episode with Consumer Reports, when its test Karma sedan failed to run at all, a first in the history of that publication.

The most important part of the story, though, seems to be the company's early years spent prototyping with lithium - ion manufacturing equipment inherited from failed battery startup A123 Systems.

As reported by iGeneration, Apple has released new internal documentation to Apple Stores explaining that iPhones do not have to fail a diagnostics test in order for the out - of - warranty battery replacement to go ahead.

The company announced recently that a limited number of these devices have a component that may fail, which would cause the original built - in battery to expand.

But with laws failing animals, and while other companies continue to profit from battery cage cruelty, millions of hens continue to suffer in cages with no end in sight.

If these are poorly designed or damaged they can fail, creating a short circuit that heats and damages other parts of the battery causing a runaway reaction.

A study of Food and Drug Administration data for several million pacemakers and defibrillators implanted in 1990 - 2002 found that about one in 150 failed, about one quarter of these failures were battery / capacitor abnormalities, and 61 people died due to device malfunctions.

But a team of battery researchers have found a design that can function even where other batteries might fail.

The telescope, which recently lost one of its four main instruments, the imaging spectrometer, could fail as early as 2007 without new batteries.

When Tesla failed to secure a $ 100 - million investment round earlier this month, Musk cut 24 % of the company's workforce and delayed development work on a battery - powered electric sedan, known internally as the «Model S».

By STEVE HOMER On 25 February 1991, a Patriot anti-missile battery on the outskirts of the city of Dhahran in Saudia Arabia failed to intercept an incoming Scud missile, which landed and killed 28 American soldiers.

«In this practice,» writes Walker, «a four - year - old black Labrador is phobic about the failing battery signal from a variety of makes of (smoke) alarm and notably averse to the beep of a Samsung SF 500 facsimile machine.»

CELLPHONES will begin to run low on power over the next few years as advances in battery technology fail to keep up with the demands of the numerous energy - draining features being planned by mobile phone makers.

This is incredibly helpful because my phone kept on failing to post to Instagram or Snapchat due to the sheer amount of people trying to use the network, that in turn sucked my battery.

Packed with features, the Agrippa magnetic fire door holder has a daily timed release option, to ensure all doors are closed at the end of the day; a battery level indicator, to allow the responsible person to check the status of the holder; and a low battery, fail - safe power cut, to ensure doors are not held open when the unit is out of battery.

The reason why you would need TPMS service is mostly likely because the battery in one or more of the in tire sensors of a dTPMS system was low or because a unit had failed.

Also stalling and starting the car frequently puts stress on your starter motor and the battery but those are the only things which can fail sooner than the car because of stalling but again, highly unlikely.

If all of this fails, then I would get your battery tested by someone and see what the readings can tell you.

This means, when this single cell is depleted, the battery as a whole can not keep up and all of your electrically powered equipment will start to fail (well, not work, anyway).

That's not a failing of Chevrolet engineering (maybe marketing, though), but a telling sign of the infancy of battery technology.

Let's make it clear that we're discussing the same thing: this question is concerned only with the hybrid battery pack, not with the auxiliary lead - acid 12V battery that will surely fail in a short amount of time.

I don't think this is a battery problem, given the circumstances and the fact the radio and everything else still work - but it's possible repeated failed attempts to start the car while diagnosing the real problem might flatten the battery, giving you a battery problem on top of the original problem...

With a less than optimal 12.2 volts at the battery terminals and the bendix drive at the starter failing to pop and engage the flywheel, would battery charge be a likely cause of such a failure?

Most recently, the bankruptcy of battery - supplier A123 Systems in October — after steaming through $ 249 million in government loans — hasn't been a helpful image, especially since Fisker, itself the recipient of $ 529 million from the U.S. government and $ 21.5 million from Delaware, has long since had its government credit halted for failing to meet production targets.

Most of the time, the symptoms you are describing are caused by the battery failing (https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/battery-replacement).

Hi There, This may be a sign of a weak battery, a failing voltage regulator or failing alternator.

Just as warm weather cause overheating or a failed battery, cold weather can also effect the capabilities of your vehicle.

Overjoyed at having got rid of it after 27 months of problems and very poor service from Nissan My car suffered from most of the common and well documented problems Parking senors giving false alarms or not working because of water ingress (nine montjs to fix by drilling holes in them) Chassis control false warning causing the car to stop False brake failure warning Battery failed at 24 months Rear shock absorber leaks at 26 months I believe the car was off the road for 21 days out of the 27 months I owned it B

According to Chevy, the system is even smart enough to know the difference between a battery in a low state of charge and a high electric resistance — something that could point to a failing battery.

Should the owner accidentally leave the headlights on or fail to fully close a door causing an interior light to remain on, the BMS will automatically terminate power delivery after a set period of time to prevent the battery from being drained of power.

ALG doesn't consider battery life when forecasting resale values because so far there have been no widespread issues of batteries failing, even in the first - generation Toyota Prius and Honda Insight hybrids.

Hybrid battery: First of all, according to many sources, the hybrid battery doesn't fail very often.

However, your battery will show signs of failing before you reach this stage.

When it reaches three years of age, it's good practice to watch for signs that your battery could fail.

Besides, all of those generally contain light - emitting displays and their batteries must never fail — same goes for the Internet when using RedShelf's cloud reader.

Fusion Garage's first device, the Joojoo, didn't quite take off because it failed to deliver on many of the objectives that the project set out to conquer (cheap / easy to use / good battery life).

Cons: heavy (due to the weight of the four AA batteries), no 3G or WiFi (you download books onto your computer and move them to your SD card), high fail rate among new units (so get a warranty)

* Automatic indexing of Thumbnails and Title / Author metadata (can be disabled in Advanced Settings) * Added Time Zone selection to the Date / Time Settings * View Book Information menu function that shows more details for PDF and EPUB * Fixed issues with EPUB rendering when GUI language is non-English * Fixed a bug where the Power Management would fail and the battery would drain quickly (related to pagination of PDB and TXT documents)

On top of that, if your tablet's battery fails to deliver long life, you'll find yourself tethered to an outlet more often than you'd like.

Toshiba tried to emulate and beat Samsung in their game of Android productivity tablets with 2560 × 1600 resolution just a few months ago when they released the Toshiba Excite Write and Pro, but failed because of overheating issues, battery drain, and issues with the display.

This means more hours of non-stop reading, or having your mobile boarding card to hand, even when your smartphone battery has already failed on that long transatlantic business trip.

But it failed to sell because of its odd styling and large battery pack that left no room for a rear seat.

The microchip itself has no internal source of energy — its battery will never fail.

You also failed to note that for those who do want to sit there that long (I've only run out of power a couple of times, and it was usually time to do something else in any event) that you can buy an extended 6 - 8 hour battery from Nintendo if you want one.

If PSP fails, I think it will be in the long term when word of mouth spreads about battery life, load times, and any other issues Sony has failed to mention.

A «fail - safe device» is so designed that it fails in the safe position, preventing a blowout, without the need of a «battery», which can fail.

In addition as I mentioned the paperwork is clearly states (twice even) that the measure of a failed battery is NOT that it fails to hold at least 80 % of its rated capacity.

The first - of - its - kind protection ensures that if the Sonata Hybrid lithium polymer battery technology fails, Hyundai will replace the battery and cover recycling costs for the old powerplant free of charge to the owner.