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Method for charging storage batteries

  • US 2,637,836 A
  • Filed: 11/24/1950
  • Issued: 05/05/1953
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1950
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. IN A METHOD FOR THE FAST CHARGING OF BATTERIES OF THE PASTED LEAD PLATE TYPE, THE STEPS COMPRISING;

  • PASSING THE HIGHEST CHARGE CURRENT POSSIBLE THROUGH THE BATTERY FOR A TIME SUFFICIENT TO BRING THE CHARGE WITHIN THE BATTERY TO FROM ONE-THIRD TO TWO-THIRDS FULL CHARGE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY LIMITING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE BATTERY ELECTROLYTE TO A MAXIMUM OF NOT TO EXCEED 120* F. ABOVE THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, REDUCING THE CHARGE ON THE BATTERY TO A POINT SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT THE BATTERY ELECTROLYTE TO COOL AT LEAST 40* F. ABOVE THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE AND SIMULTANEOUSLY TO PRECIPITATE CRYSTALS OF LEAD SULPHATE ON THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE PLATES, AND THEN CHARGING THE BATTERY AT A RATE FURTHER REDUCED.

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