BATTERY LAB
The care and feeding of batteries
- Chemistry of Batteries
- Energy Capacity of Batteries
- Internal Resistance
- Proper Discharging
- Recharging
- Trickle Recharge
- Fast Recharge
- Pulse/AC Recharge
- Reincarnation
Procedure
- Determine the type of Battery and list its chemistry
- Describe how you could non-destructively measure the energy
capacity. Describe the voltage vs. time curve of a battery.
- Use Thevenin's theorem to find the internal resistance
- Recharge you battery for a few minutes and recalculate
the internal resistance. Discuss the 3 methods of recharging
a battery and the limitations of each method. Use the best
method to recharge the battery!
- Can dead batteries be revived? Explain what makes them die.
References