Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 12:33:15 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [148.78.247.24] (HELO apollo.email.starband.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1b4) with ESMTP id 2335167 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 06 May 2003 11:54:51 -0400 Received: from regandesigns.com (vsat-148-63-101-227.c002.t7.mrt.starband.net [148.63.101.227]) by apollo.email.starband.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h46FsjYM022872 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 11:54:48 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <3EB7DB38.6010309@regandesigns.com> Disposition-Notification-To: Brent Regan X-Original-Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 08:56:40 -0700 From: Brent Regan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Subject: Re: Electrical System - Battery Charging Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------090009010805020705090701" --------------090009010805020705090701 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ted writes: << To top off a battery and desulfate it may take days or even weeks depending on the condition of the battery. >> When a lead acid battery is discharged, Lead (Pb) in the negative electrode and Lead dioxide (PbO2) in the positive electrode react with the Sulfuric acid (H2SO4) producing Lead SULFATE in both electrodes and water (H2O). Charging reverses this reaction. Therefore there is another term for "desulfating", it is called "Charging". ALL battery chargers, when used on lead acid batteries, by definition, "desulfate" the batteries they are charging. Now go have a cool glass of dihydrogenmonoxide and relax. Regards Brent Regan --------------090009010805020705090701 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ted writes:

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To top off a battery and desulfate it may
take days or even weeks depending on the condition of the battery.
>>

When a lead acid battery is discharged, Lead (Pb) in the negative electrode and Lead dioxide (PbO2) in the positive electrode react with the Sulfuric acid (H2SO4) producing Lead SULFATE in both electrodes and water (H2O). Charging reverses this reaction.

Therefore there is another term for "desulfating", it is called "Charging". ALL battery chargers, when used on lead acid batteries, by definition, "desulfate" the batteries they are charging.

Now go have a cool glass of dihydrogenmonoxide and relax.

Regards
Brent Regan
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