Battery Glossary – Pure Lead Acid Battery Pure Lead Acid Battery – a secondary battery with a very high lead purity in the plates of 99.9%. The... 76
Battery Glossary – Sealed Lead Acid (SLA) Sealed Lead Acid (SLA) Battery – these batteries are valve-regulated to release gas in case of excessive internal pressure build-up... 42
Battery Glossary – Reverse Polarity Reverse Polarity – this is when the positive and negative polarity on the battery is reversed. When connecting a reverse... 3 570 4
Battery Glossary – Secondary Battery Secondary Battery – a battery designed to be depleted of power, then recharged and used over and over as apposed... 34
Battery Glossary – Voltage Voltage – the mathematical measurement of voltage is: V (voltage) = I (current) x R (resistance) Voltage measures is the... 0 58
Battery Glossary – Terminals Terminals – these are the electrical contacts on the battery where you would connect your electrical device / charger. All batteries... -2 312 2
Battery Glossary – Valve Regulated Lead Acid Battery Valve Regulated Lead Acid Batteries (VRLA) are also known as Sealed Lead Acid Batteries. Unlike flooded lead acid batteries where... 42
Battery Glossary – Shelf Life Shelf Life – the amount of time a battery can sit unused without being supplemented with a charge (in the... 20
Battery Glossary – Positive Terminal Positive Terminal – the battery terminal toward which electrons flow through the external circuit when the battery/cell discharges. Marked by... 20
Battery Glossary – Primary Battery Primary Battery – a battery designed to be used until it is depleted of power and then discarded. Also known... 25
Battery Glossary – Connecting in Parallel Parallel Batteries – A group of batteries or cells with all terminals of the same polarity wired together – i.e.... 24
Battery Glossary – Polarity Polarity – the settings of the charges found at the terminals of the battery – which terminal is positive and... 243
Battery Glossary – Overcharging Overcharging – continuing the charging of a battery even after it has reached 100% capacity / State of Charge or... 31
Battery Glossary – Negative Terminal Negative Terminal – the terminal from which electrons flow in the external circuit when the battery discharges. Marked by a... 17