Battery Types: Lead Acid

There are many types of batteries currently in production today throughout the world.

Lead Acid Batteries are generally classified first by the process used in their construction:

Sealed Valve Regulated Starved Electrolyte
Sealed Valve Regulated Gelled Electrolyte
Sealed Maintenance-Free, Flooded
Open Vent Maintenance-Free Flooded
Low Maintenance or Maintainable Flooded

Lead Acid Batteries are secondly classified by the chemistry used in the production of the batteries grids or plates:

Calcium/Calcium
Calcium/Antimony hybrids
Low Antimony and High Antimony

Lead Acid Batteries are then classified by their application or how they are used:

Starting
Cycling
Starting/Cycling combinations
Float and Float/Cyclic

Flooded, Gel, Advanced AGM, Traction Gel, and EV Traction Dry Cell are the current category names used in the industry for Lead Acid Battery types, and reference the composition of construction, chemistry and electrolyte.