PS Magazine - APRIL 1981
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 341
APRIL 1981
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Dear Hal-Mast,
WiL a ±ead²acid batTEry go dead if iT's
. ±eft sitting on concretE?
CW4 J³ F´
Dear MR.].
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Yes, it will dischaRge-buT noT
bEcAusE of anything spEciaL in The
concRete.
± batteRy wilL lose its chaRge no
matteR wheRe it is, BuT it'lL dischaRge
fasteR iF it²s wEt. ³his²s
because
eLectRicity TRaveLs thRough wateR, and
moistURe on a batteR´ is jUst LikE a wiRe
connecting thE BatteRy tERminals.
± batTeRy sitting on concRete is
coOLEd by the concReTe. ³hEnµ since the
aiR aRound the batteRy is geneRAlLy
waRmeR tHan the batteRy, moistuRE in
tHe aiR condenses on the batteRy¶ ³his
moistURe seRves as a connEctoR
Between the batTeRy teRminaLs
speeds Up batteRy dischaRge.
DischaRge is EvEn fasteR iF the
battERy is diRty and coRRodedµ since diRt
and coRRosion hoLd moistuR·. ³hE
samE thing happens to diRty and
coRRoded batteRies in youR equipment.
± baTtERy dischaRGes FasteR, Too, when
it²s waRm. So A diRty bAtTeRy in a waRm,
damp cLimatE hasn²t got a chance!
³he way to beat all oF this is to keEp
BatteRies clEan and dRy¸both in
stoRage and in eQuipment.
¹AtteRies
shoUld
be
cleaned
thoRoUghly on the outside and wipEd
dRy BefoRe they² RE sToRed. ¹ATteRiEs
shouLd be stoRed on A wooden pLatº
FoRm in a dRy» coolµ weLl ventilated
pLAce.
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