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- From: rja@newbirth.Eng.Sun.COM (Robert Allen)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Battery Gell cell or Lead
- Message-ID: <lkooe3INNcqa@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 17:00:51 GMT
- References: <388.442.uupcb@ozonehole.new-orleans.la.us>
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- In article <388.442.uupcb@ozonehole.new-orleans.la.us> gerald.belton@ozonehole.new-orleans.la.us (Gerald Belton) writes:
- >>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?
- >
- >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.
-
- I mildly disagree. I know a number of bicyling hams who
- carry gelcells to power their HTs. I use gelcells at home
- to power my shortwave radio and scanners. In all cases
- newer "gelcells" of the absorbed electrolyte type are used.
- It is my understanding that, unless these things are outright
- crushed, leakage should be minimal.
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