GelCell Charging
Posted by
Mark Fraser
on 2000-06-26 06:15:03 UTC
Gelcells are wonderful, but must be charged at a very low rate
relative to "normal" liquid electrolyte lead acid batteries.
Don't have the specs handy, search on google etc. for 'gelcell
charger' or something to find out.
They are, effectively, lead acid batteries but with (you guessed)
electrolyte in a gelled form, so they can be operated in any
orientation. Self discharge is very low. Outgassing still
happens, if you get enough pressure from overcharging, and they
can release Hydrogen in this case - not nice.
Further, overcharging will cause the plate matter to swell and
fall away - possibly causing a short between plates.
In this case, you don't want to be anywhere near....
/mark
relative to "normal" liquid electrolyte lead acid batteries.
Don't have the specs handy, search on google etc. for 'gelcell
charger' or something to find out.
They are, effectively, lead acid batteries but with (you guessed)
electrolyte in a gelled form, so they can be operated in any
orientation. Self discharge is very low. Outgassing still
happens, if you get enough pressure from overcharging, and they
can release Hydrogen in this case - not nice.
Further, overcharging will cause the plate matter to swell and
fall away - possibly causing a short between plates.
In this case, you don't want to be anywhere near....
/mark