Ron, thanks much for the explanation! Sounds like a pretty safe battery to me.
Dana - K6NR On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire <[email protected]> wrote: > Elecraft sells a Sealed Lead Acid (SLA) Gel Cell battery for the K2. > Unfortunately, many people, even some battery vendors, are careless with the > terminology. > > There are at least two types of Sealed Lead Acid (SLA) batteries: those in > which the electrolyte is in a gelatin form (Gel Cell) and those in which the > electrolyte is liquid but confined by an Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM). This > latter type is often called a "Starved Electrolyte" battery. > > Unfortunately, many people fail to distinguish properly between an SLA AGM > battery or an SLA Gel Cell battery and call both types "Gel Cell". It is > true that neither will leak liquid acid, but they have quite different > performance characteristics. > > SLA Gel Cells are superior for heavy demand and deep discharge situations > since more electrolyte is available to support the chemical reactions, so > they are the most popular no-maintenance, no-spill battery for powering Ham > rigs. > > To further confuse the issue some liquid acid "no maintenance" batteries are > referred to as SLA or Sealed Liquid (rather than Lead) Acid batteries. If > punctured or otherwise damaged, these are capable of dumping liquid acid > just like any earlier lead-acid battery. Like the older lead-acid batteries, > they are properly classified as "flooded batteries". So, when seeing "SLA", > it's good to know whether the L means Liquid or Lead. > > It's no wonder those in the transportation business are often skittish about > shipping any kind of lead-acid battery. It's not always easy to identify > exactly what it is by just looking at a label. > > Ron AC7AC > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
