Lead Acid Batteries for Off Grid Operations
Last month I covered the method I’m using to determine battery capacity for a planned project o building a solar/battery generator for my personal radio operations at my QTH. This month I’m covering some research I’ve made on lead acid batteries. Lead acid batteries are those batteries that are made up of lead plates with an insulated separator between the plates. Both the positive and negative plates are made of lead, the positive plate is usually covered with a past of lead dioxide. A sufuric acid electrolyte provides the chemical reaction that provides the excess electrons resulting in the DC current from the battery.
