Battery Charges
Overview
Battery Charges
The storage battery, directly or indirectly, plays a vital role in the life of everyone today. In the industrial world it moves Materials, starts the engines of railway locomotives, control power systems, and performs and performs an infinite variety of special functions. In our personal contacts it starts our cars, provides light and comfort in railway coaches, and propels our golf carts. Whether seen or unseen, whether in a airplane or a mine it is a part of our way of life.
A battery cannot, however, function alone. Its original energy, and the replacement of that which it delivers, must came from a charging source of charger. In fact, the proper design and functioning of the charger are by far the most important factors in the satisfactory operation and service life of the battery.
Key Features
- safe value of the charging current throughout the charge.
- Completion of the charge in a time period compatible with the service involved
- Accurate terminal of the charge when complete-or reduction of the charging current to a low maintenance value
- Maximum reliability
- Automatic operation to the degree practical in the application.
- Simplicity in function, design and construction.
- Efficient.
- Good Power factor, where the prime source is AC.
- Reasonable cost.