Shipping Policy
Normal Shipping Policy: Also, see "Terms of Use" for Warranty and Disclaimers.
- All shipments have a $7.00 handling fee to cover material cost. This is the $7.00 that shows up in the shopping cart as shipping because of the limited CGI script currently provided.
- We try to recycle all packing materials keeping this handling fee low and attempting to keep us green.
- Most clients email us a PDF of their FedEx, or UPS shipping label after receiving from us the actual weight and dimensions of their package or packages. When your package/s are ready to ship we provide you the box/es dimensions and weight. You then go on-line to your preferred carrier, complete a very easy form, pay the freight, print the shipping label to Adobe, and save. You email us that saved PDF file, we print the PDF and attach to your box or boxes for shipping. Why do we do this?
- We no longer accept credit cards. If we run the freight through PayPal they get 5% of the freight which puts us in the hole.
- We do not like "Flat Rate" fees because someone pays to much and someone pays too little.
- The combinations of batteries, chargers, and accessories makes a weight and item weight factoring program cumbersome.
- We can accommodate individual client shipping needs that, for various reasons, may be different.
- We also drop ship.
- Most clients select the "mail order" option at checkout. When we see the order post we email the bank wire information and mailing address for Cashiers / Company check or money order. Today the bank's here hold cashiers checks and money orders for three business days before releasing funds for wire transfer. Company checks, 10 business days.
Rathbone Broadcast Batteries
865-484-1783 Office and Sales
Alternative mail address for checks and money orders if preferred:
PO Box 1753
Dandridge, TN 37725
Current Lead Times:
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Rathbone Broadcast Batteries Lithium Ion Batteries, Battery Chargers, Lights, Bags Etc: lead time can run up to 4 weeks, occasionally 8 weeks, depending on the product, quantity ordered, battery cell allocations, world economy, power outages, and other. Please call for estimated lead time if you have a critical situation.
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Rathbone Energy Ni-MH Rebuilds and Recells: current lead time is running approximately 4 to 6 weeks on new orders if we can get Sanyo Ni-MH cells with reasonable date codes, (NOT LIKELY), and this lead time may change without notice. We will not use Chinese cells labeled under any name.
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Rathbone Energy Dionic (Li-Ion) rebuilds:
These two links take you away and to our primary web site: Contact Us Hours & Holiday Schedule, Winter Shortened Hours to Conserve Energy and Save $$. If you have any questions regarding current lead time please feel free to email sales@rathboneenergy.com, sales@allbroadcastbatteries.comor give us a call at 865-484-1783.
Important PDF: Our Position On Nickel Cadmium Battery Cells
In other words, the only battery assembler that actively promotes and is capable of professionally rebuilding broadcast batteries, Rathbone Energy, will soon, no longer support Anton Bauer Nickel Cadmium Product. So keep this in consideration when planning your battery budget money. Once the Anton Bauer battery fails, the client will no longer get their extended money’s worth from the Anton Bauer battery through their prior ability to send those batteries to Rathbone for rebuilding. I am saddened that this will hurt Anton Bauer But, Nickel Cadmium has been going out for some time. Also, several countries either already ban or soon will ban new nickel cadmium products into their respective countries. However, the Rathbone Lithium Ion Broadcast Battery line is the excellent upgrade.
For 20 years we have supplied only the very best nickel cadmium, nickel metal hydride, and now lithium ion battery cells for new assembly and for rebuilding. Today we have to compromise on nickel cadmium battery cells and offer the "Best Available" battery cell in nickel cadmium. Again,
Consider "Best Available" in Panasonic and Sanyo, NO CHINESE BATTERY CELLS:
Nickel Cadmium: 500 Discharge Cycles
Nickel Metal Hydride: 500 Discharge Cycles
New Lithium Ion: 500 Discharge Cycles, and 60% of the broadcast market has already gone to lithium ion.
Since we no longer rebuild or do new assembly with nickel cadmium battery cells below is a contact for recycling all your nickel cadmium battery packs. For those with minimal quantities of nickel cadmium battery packs they can be dropped off at any Home Depot, Lowes, Sears, etc. They are not affiliated with us.
Marla Prince
Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation
Southeast Region Recycling Manager
770-751-0046 - office
770-751-3008 - fax
mprince@rbrc.com
Below is a recapture of information to remember and consider as you budget your money.
1) Almost All Sintered Positive Electrode nickel cadmium battery cells are no longer manufactured by Sanyo. Panasonic stopped manufacturing nickel cadmium going on 4 years ago. Any stock found is too old to get close to 100% capacity.
a) The Sanyo sintered positive electrode N3000CR I use in the TrimPacs and the KR5000DEL paste negative cell I am now stuck using in ProPacs: My lithium ion packs are the only packs I am building in China. That will not change. Insurance, inability to hire technicians to work here properly with lithium ion without training them myself. Electronics was pulled out of most American high school, technical institutes, and colleges several years ago by state board of regions. GWB’s “edjukayshun”
b) I have relationships with other Sanyo value added distributors. No Value Added Distributor does rebuilding except me, all have 5000 piece minimum orders. Rebuilders simply call someone like me and say, "I need battery inserts to fit this bla bla. What is the best price you can give me?" No idea of cell quality or testing, just ability to hopefully re-attach a wiring harness to an insert as long as it gives a voltage and glue the package back together.
2) From Rathbone Energy, The "Best Available" battery cell for your ProPac is No longer the Gates/GE or Panasonic Sintered Positive Electrode cell. It is a Sanyo KR5000DEL Paste Negative Cell.
a) You can get Sintered Positive Electrode in Chinese battery cells but they are terrible. I do not do Chinese.
b) You can find amateur recell companies that buy battery pack inserts or have a small cap welder they fumble around with but their cells are horrible, consumer grade, name brand is BS, etc. At this point I would NOT waste my money on Nickel Cadmium even if through Anton Bauer, new! Considering the new discharge cycles I would also not spend money on nickel metal hydride.
