Saturday, 5 July 2014

What is lead – acid battery?

Lead–acid batteries are the oldest type of rechargeable battery. The special characteristics of this type of battery is they have a very low energy-to-weight ratio and a low energy-to-volume ratio.Construction: The lead–acid cell can be easily demonstrated using lead plates for the two electrodes. However such a construction produces only around one ampere for postcard sized plates, and for only a few minutes.

Construction:

• The positive plates are the chocolate brown color of lead dioxide.

• The negative are the slate gray of "spongy" lead at the time of manufacture.

• Separators between the positive and negative plates prevent short-circuit through any physical contact.


Applications of lead - acid battery:


• Automotive and traction applications.

• Standby/ Emergency power for electrical installations.

• Submarines.

• UPS.

• Lighting.

• High current drain applications.

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