Automobile engineering (Classification of batteries, battery construction, maintenance, testing and charging, cutout, lighting circuit, horn, indicators)
BATTERY Battery is an electrochemical device which converts chemical energy to electrical energy when discharging and electrical energy to chemical energy while charging. The main purposes of battery are to store electrical energy andto provide a supply of current for cranking the starting motor and for other electrical Different types of Battery 1. Lead acid battery 2. Alkaline battery 3. Zinc - air battery 4. Nickel - Metal hydride battery 5. Lithium - ion battery LEAD ACID BATTERY CONSTRUCTION The major components of the battery are: 1. Container 2. Plates 3. Separators 4. Cell 5. Electrolyte Container They are of single piece construction made of polypropylene which is very strong and light weight plastic. There are partitions inside the container for different cells. To avoid the short of positive and negative plates, bridges are formed at the bottom of the c...