Battery Types

There are many types of batteries currently in production today throughout the world. However we concern ourselves here with the Lead Acid Battery. Lead Acid Batteries are generally classified first by the process used in there construction (Sealed Valve Regulated Starved Electrolyte, Sealed Valve regulated Gelled electrolyte, Sealed Maintenance Free Flooded and Open Vent Maintenance Free Flooded, Low Maintenance or Maintainable Flooded), secondly by the chemistry used in the production of the batteries grids or plates (Calcium/Calcium, Calcium/Antimony hybrids, Low Antimony and High Antimony) and thirdly by their application or how they are used (Starting, Cycling, Starting/Cycling combinations, Float and Float/Cyclic). Not to get to technical – but to rebuff those who feel I’m being too vague – I will acknowledge that every manufacturer has a secret sauce that they inject into the Lead Calcium or Lead Antimony alloys used in their respective plate production.