Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] What do Hydro-caps do?

["Marsee Skidmore" <heyred@email.msn.com>]

Tell us more about periodic controlled overcharge. How much and how often? -
Joe

----- Original Message -----
From: David Buchner <buchner@wcta.net>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] What do Hydro-caps do?


> At 1109 -0600 03/02/0, D. Blake wrote:
> >Ray:
> >Well, the problem occurs primarily during overcharging.  So when an over
> >abundence of free electrons are introduced into the system it must
> >dissociate the water molecules(H2O).  Intuitively, I believe the process
> >free's the H2, and at the same time creates ozone(O3).  This would also
> >explain the loss of water during overcharging.
>
> It would also explain that smell in addition to the sulfur.
>
> [....]
> >Of course this would mean the caps have an effective lifetime dependent
on
> >the exposure to hydrogen.  So the caps will last longer the less you
> >overcharge the batteries, duh.
>
> However if you don't give the batteries a regular controlled overcharge,
they won't last as long either -- and they cost way more!
>
> --
> David
> Osage MN USA
> buchner@wcta.net - http://customer.wcta.net/buchner
>
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