Re: Charging a battery in a basement?

Posted by NEsota on November 24, 2005 at 08:04:32 from (204.246.241.156):

In Reply to: Charging a battery in a basement? posted by Bilko on November 23, 2005 at 14:28:37:

Jon, I fully agree with what you said about conducting heat from the battery to the cement. The same is true for a battery on the ground. Using any heat insulating material between the battery and what it is setting on will reduce the moisture accumulation and electrical conductivity between posts.

The plates in a battery serve as a conductor and frame-work for the spongy lead that is involved in the chemical reaction. The plates are not involved in the reaction. Years ago as much as 4% of the battery plates were antimony. This gave physical strength to the lead but was an impurity to the lead and largely responsible for the fast self discharge of the battery. The manufactures have improved their casting and other techniques; this has allowed them to drastically reduce the amount of expensive antimony and thus the self discharge rate of batteries.

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