Cruising the Comfort Zone of Back-Up Power

The 2002 launched Brilliance of the Seas is fitted with SPH rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries for emergency back-up power.

Rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery technology has been selected in preference to valve regulated lead acid (VRLA) batteries to provide 30 minutes of emergency back-up power for Royal Caribbean''s fleet of Radiance Class luxury cruise ships. Two of the four vessels from the Meyer Werft shipyard of Papenburg in Germany have already ...

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