New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31
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STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY.

WHAT STORAGE BATTERY REALLY n.y..
CAN MAKE ONE YoURsELF-How
10 CHARGE IT.
storage battery consists OF o CELL usually n -.
Or rubber. filed with diluted sulphurc acid N ~
Cat lead plates are immersed. But Q storss ~.
efy does not store electricity as Is commonly supS
| BY the uninuated. Electricity Is not thing ~
form Of energy, and It is this electrical energy II
| stored. Failing water Is one OF the many a..
forms OF energy, but We cannot store waterfall =
can stors Its energy, however by making h 81
| up spring or pump water-part Of ITSELF pssAa,T
into reservoir, or compress air, or lift o -,
weight Then at some future time this stored En-,
can be used to do work. The wound-up spring -
water In the reservoir. the compressed alr q .
lifted weight may represent part Of the enerys =
tho WATERFALL and either may be made TO do wors -
we have the energy Of the waterfall lifting wei6r
| that Is to say separating two things, the earth =
the weight, that have strong mutual attraction Z
weight, when raised Is said TO have energy BY VIZ
Of its position, and II allowed to fall It can do -
and reproduce the exact amount Of energy expenk
In raising It, For example, 1t could be made 10 On.
water back TO the top Of the falls. Then this W.
could fall again and raise the weight IIoweyv
in doing this little OF the energy Is lost or vast,
each time by the friction OF the machinery ami -
air. and presently our see saw arrangement wosS
So Il is with q storage battery We can all
with electrical energy. II allow q current Z
electricity to flow through storage battery tine ss>
trcal energy separates certain elements II the bss
tory that have strong chemical attraction for ed
lther, and when these elements are allowed 10 far
that Is resume their former or natural state-th
stored electrical energy is reproduced In the shape d
an electric current. inst the falling raised
| the weight, and again the falling weight fased The
water so the electric current separates the battery
elements, and the battery elements, resGuIng theis
| natural state, reproduce the electric rent bot
here, too as In the other case. enc. is lost %
wasted each time the change is made, and a 's,e Il
rest Is the final result. For continuous motion %
power We must have endless source q, energy.
Coal, wood and waterfalls represent some ~ our ~
ervOirs Of stored energy.
The simplest form Of storage battery can be made
by any one with q test tube or a sumblcr. FIJI
about thrccquarters full OF water; tLen pour In sal
phurc acid slowly, very slowly not faster than Q
trckle, and at the same time stir with clean stick
Till the solution Is very acid to the taste. Mind 700
never on any account pour the water into the acid.
for that would rapidly generate great heat and might
do serious harm. Now stand In the umber or cell
two fiat pieces OF sheet lead wide as the cell will
permit and tall enough TO reach one or two inches
above the surface Of the acid solution. Place I've
clean rubber bands around one OF the pia'es-one
band near the top and the other near the bottom.
bands so that the lead plates do not touch each
other anywhere. Connect one plate by means OF
copper wire to one pole OF battery or dynamo nl
the other plato in the same way 10 the other pok
of the battery or dynamo. Finally allow sinai
current TO fow-abOut one or two amperc'' IL M
source of electricity Is too powerful place resistance
in circuit such German silver wire or ncandesceos
lamps. When the current has been howng f'r a,0us
four or five hours 1t will be noticed that one lead
nd al
dsconnect the wires from the source ard on touching
the two ends of the wires together small spark VIII
he noticed II the ends be kept together for short
time the storage battery will discharge itseii Ard
must then be recharged. After the hiNt charge mo
brown plate which is called the positive plate mus'
ALWAYS be connected the positive pole OF the Dynamo
or source for the purposes Of recharging TX the Sor
aoe battery he charged and discharged good many
times the capacity of the battery will be greatly In
creased-that is a greater discharge can be o6aineo
| compared with the charge This process Of c1prshs
and dischargDg is called forming ana uhln
storage battery is formed II will return but 'ap
proportion Of the current or energy used In Charging
| In dI.chargng the acid will become weak OUT
charging the strength OF the acid is wholly restose
70 Iar,er battery be necded-thst Is 10 say, on
that vii, rive greater current-more lead plates mus
ha used For the current that storage battery WIZ
give is In proportion to the number ana SIG VI w
plates To make a storage battery OF more IMAM ~.
mates observe the following instructions Inc s'ensA
Of the acid is the same no matter no" many PsS'
| are used stand any odd number OF pIa.eS III ~
acid. providing every other one with rubber oa"a'
| A. before so that no two plates can Uu'h' i"
| connect the alternate plates together Win s"P -
| TODD making soldcred Joints, 50 that II tierc @'
nineteen plates in all nine plates VII De o'"'e' ~
form one big positive plate ana ten WI" w
to form one big negative. The even hu'n0' u 49,
must always be treated as the negative p"'e' 'nN
fhn npG-
charging must be connected " the "ee"'N ~,
| rho dvnamo the odd number to the posiu's' ihe
Vs.. erin. connecting the negative plates must ho'
,o,.h tho nosltiye plates, and vice versa ~ hN''
q stil larger battery take one or more vi lhese 'o
and then connect all the positive poles VI p'a0e "
make one large positive plate, and all the hesa"'e
make one large negative ,... q,
For commercial purposes, however inc ~ w" -
making storage batteries varies little nom A' Jus.
.aeor,d and yet It Is SO simple that any bright anu
careful boy may inahe '"' s,or,ss
The most common form Of the commerl'i S'''. y,
-. ie called the grid type and Is made a. i0f
- For the positive plate take smooth nat SHee'
load NJ the Size desired and about threeeeh -
pcn thick and punch in 1t as many s'hoo'' ,.,.
| SQUARE holes possible "tiou' "e"A'.e nd
| too much Then make thick paste oil iep N11
| dirte sulphuric acid. ard with tilh piece VI -
wood, like putty knife iorGe te sp" ash aDlsh 10 The
from both sides, leaving clean, s!oot d Wake tho
,"te hush with the lead plate OF giid, S,S,scs
psy.tiye plate In tho same way ON, u.s. p,,tes dry
fr ins paste instead OF red lead LEI lis - 70 b
fr forty eight and then they are red dssrrbed
~, ITO FORM connect up Is before u.s. ;. si1
and Charge eight hours and then ds en- e vii 10
ING d- and ready for In TINS sla,e .ile p"or
Of the positive plate ought to have ese .C win I' have
Nnio NV 49, sofY spongy lead having DiIi,nIe.S
color The proper current for sns1siS co siS Of po.
Ing about four amperes per sSea sfsce Of pas
s two sides of plate must be taken ins n resoS
One more point to be considered e rre Of water
p have so MANY gallons OF water flowing per
nnder pressure Of so many fcet, 50 "n ,rrnt dow
MS Under certain In volts mn ":
s.-,oir ~ we want greater supply OF Msrs,oirs
rcso a,h.r Larger reservoir or more rise, IN
II we want great pressure We mus, raise s,, 1r With
or head Of the water In the reser"or ust ronnec, al
tSe nostye poles together 10 make one positive on
ard ali the negative 10 make one heSau Nc. xs must
aho o,her hand IL we want increased prt,'utr Ill nv