Battery Basics
Will the Lead Battery Last Through Winter?
At the height of summer, it can be difficult to imagine the freeze of winter…
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Camille Faure Creates Lead-Acid Batteries in 1881
Most attempts at electric vehicles relied on Gaston Planté’s primitive lead acid cells before 1881.…
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Lead Sulfation & Practical Steps to Slow the Process
Lead sulfate crystals accumulate on negative electrodes of lead-acid batteries as we discharge them. This…
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The UltraBattery Role in Australia Energy Storage
We can store energy in many ways, over and above the form we find it…
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What Does a Battery Do In Relation to the Coil?
A lead-acid battery’s original purpose was to replace the cranking handle, and start the auto…
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The Different Types of Lead Acid Batteries We Encounter
When Gaston Planté produced his first prototype in 1859, he had no idea of the…
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Auto Starter Batteries: Why They Let Us Down
Does a frown of worry ever cross your face when you start your auto on…
Climate Change
Climate Change Part 19: The 1992 Earth Summit
There was not much to rejoice over with the environment, when the world entered 1992.…
Climate Change
Climate Change History – In the Beginning 1824
Until the dawn of the 18th century, humans lived within the limitations of themselves and…
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Lead Batteries Start World’s Favorite Aircraft
Lead-acid batteries have been starting the Cessna 172 Skyhawk light aircraft since 1956. The manufacturer…