Related product links
are one-way in that if you create a link from product 'A' to product
'B', there will be no link from product 'B' to product 'A' (unless
you create this separately of course). The logic is probably obvious
– in the case above regarding batteries, you would not want to
visit the battery page and see links to every single electronic item
that links to this type of battery.
Single direction links gives you more control and choice than bi-directional links; you can always achieve bi-directional links by adding relationships on both items, if you wish.