Is there any limit to how long a lead acid battery can continuously supply a load, this is assuming that the capacity of the battery is capable of supplying the load for the period of whatever it may be.
This is a bit off-topic but my first Job was in the lab at Vidor Batteries. We had Leclanche cells in the lab 20 years old which were taken out and tested periodically. It always amazed me that they were still capable of carrying load after all that time.
Vidor still had a line producing 250V dry batteries for portable radios at that time. I could never understand how the girls building the batteries didn't get electrocuted.
Vidor also made big batteries for rural GPO telephone sites where there was no mains electricity. The batteries were quite low voltage possibly 6 or 12V.
Another line was the SARBE battery which aircrew carried for their emergency transmitters.
Vidor had a ‘button cell’ pilot plant but quit development as they had the habit of exploding when being charged. The lab ceiling looked like it had been machine gunned !. Eventually, to prevent injury the chargers were fitted with plywood covers and fixed down during charging. If they had stuck at it Vidor might be around today.
Just before I left they were starting lead acid production. Not the healthiest place to work as I recall.
Good days when we actually had a lunch hour instead of sitting in front of a screen sending email whilst eating a bag of crisps.
CJ
This is a bit off-topic but my first Job was in the lab at Vidor Batteries. We had Leclanche cells in the lab 20 years old which were taken out and tested periodically. It always amazed me that they were still capable of carrying load after all that time.
Vidor still had a line producing 250V dry batteries for portable radios at that time. I could never understand how the girls building the batteries didn't get electrocuted.
Vidor also made big batteries for rural GPO telephone sites where there was no mains electricity. The batteries were quite low voltage possibly 6 or 12V.
Another line was the SARBE battery which aircrew carried for their emergency transmitters.
Vidor had a ‘button cell’ pilot plant but quit development as they had the habit of exploding when being charged. The lab ceiling looked like it had been machine gunned !. Eventually, to prevent injury the chargers were fitted with plywood covers and fixed down during charging. If they had stuck at it Vidor might be around today.
Just before I left they were starting lead acid production. Not the healthiest place to work as I recall.
Good days when we actually had a lunch hour instead of sitting in front of a screen sending email whilst eating a bag of crisps.
CJ
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