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- From: gerald.belton@ozonehole.new-orleans.la.us (Gerald Belton)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Battery Gell cell or Lead
- Message-ID: <388.442.uupcb@ozonehole.new-orleans.la.us>
- Date: 6 Jan 93 10:48:00 GMT
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- Organization: The Ozone Hole - SKYDIVE New Orleans! - (504)891-3142 16,800 bps
- Reply-To: gerald.belton@ozonehole.new-orleans.la.us (Gerald Belton)
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- >I am in the process of making a rechargeable bicycle light and wanted to kno
- >which type of battery would be better Gell Cell or a Lead Acid. What are the
- >pros and cons of each? I have heard that it's not a good idea to fully
- >discharge a Lead Acid is this true? Also how would the cold effect each of
- >these types of batteries?
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- They are essentially the same, except that a gell cell has the
- electrolyte in a, well, "gelled" form instead of liquid.
-
- You definitely do NOT want to be carrying a liquid-electrolyte lead-acid
- battery around on a bicycle. If you fall, you will have enough to worry
- about without getting battery acid on yourself and your bike.
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