Battery Basics
How VRLA Batteries Dry Out and Fail
There are two types of low-maintenance, valve-regulated lead-acid (VRLA) batteries on the commercial market. Unlike…
Battery Basics
There are two types of low-maintenance, valve-regulated lead-acid (VRLA) batteries on the commercial market. Unlike…
Battery Basics
Absorbent glass mat (AGM) lead-acid batteries, have fiberglass mats between their sets of lead plates.…
Battery Basics
The first batteries were vertical piles of metal discs, with material between them soaked in…
Battery Basics
Nobody explained how batteries worked when we were kids at school. The curriculum may be…
Battery Basics
All lead acid batteries have lead plate electrodes, and a dilute sulfuric acid electrolyte. It…
Battery Basics
Lead batteries are so durable and reliable, we scarcely give a thought to what happens…
Battery Basics
We’ll keep to the basics in this article, because we do not intend this to…
Battery Technical
Alessandro Volta’s original lead-acid battery comprised discs of alternating metal, kept apart by an absorbent…
Battery Basics
The first lead battery storage device comprised a rolled sandwich of rubber strips between two…
Battery Technical
The first rechargeable batteries in commercial use were lead acid-ones. Since then, there have been…