Canadian Energy™ - How Does a Battery Work?

While there are many different types of batteries, the basic concept by which they function remains the same. Specifically we're referring to lead-acid batteries. Every lead-acid battery in the battery case itself contains three or six individual compartments within that battery case, depending on whether the battery is six or 12-volt. So, within each individual compartment contains a series of positive and negative plates. Now, these positive and negative plates are a lead grid of different shapes and sizes, depending on the manufacturer and the type of battery...that will have an active material pasted into that grid. And the type of active material that's pasted in that grid will depend on whether the battery is a starting battery, whether it's a deep-cycle or a traction battery, whether it's a calcium maintenance-free. So, every manufacturer has a little bit different recipe.

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