different types of lead acid battery | gel battery

For different kinds of lead acid battery,material and technology is different.How to find the right lead acid battery for your usage?
Lets get into the classification of lead acid battery at first.
Here is the lead acid battery structre.

First,based on the electrode(Positive plate and Negative plate),mainly material of electrode is lead,there are lead calcuim alloy and lead antimony alloy two kinds.The Lead-antimony alloy is mainly for starting battery(car battery),the starting current is very big.The Lead-calcium alloy is mainly for storage battery,for standby or backup usage.As the link showed,http://www.cnbattery.cn/product/60388967642-212048443/12v200ah_agm_deep_cycle_batteries_agm_gel_battery_12v_200ah.html
Thhe lead calcium alloy battery(lead acid battery) has a very low self discharge,can storage longer time.

Second,based on ecletrolyte,there are gel battery and lead acid battery two type.The gel battery has a little longer life than lead acid battery,also more expensive than lead acid battery,but the reaction efficiency between plate and electrolyte is not as good as lead acid battery.

Third,according to the quantity of liquid(electrolyte) in battery,there are Flooded batteries and less liquid batteries.The flooded batteries has OPZS and maintenance free flooded batteries.The car batteries is flooded and maintenance free starting battery.The sulfuric acid is approx usd78/tons,and fresh lead price is approx usd2030/tons.Compared with storage solar/ups battery,there is more aicd and less lead plates in cars battery.This is why cars batteries are much more cheaper than solar/ups battery.

Fourth,according to usage,mainly there are starting battery,standby/ backup battery and electric bicycle/electric car battery three kinds.

Fifth,according to sealed form or maintenance method,there are general maintenance type(non-sealed) and maintenance free type,valve regulated.You need to add distilled water to the general maintenance battery,such as opzs or tubular battery,also very expensive.For maintenance free lead acid battery,it has double safety design,also very convenient.

Hope this if helpful for you.If you want to know more,please contact Kanglida lead acid battery / gel battery for further information. clytie@cnbattery.cn