In alt.engineering.electrical snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote: | On Aug 20, 12:59 am, snipped-for-privacy@ipal.net wrote: |> In alt.engineering.electrical snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote: |>
|> | On Aug 19, 5:25 pm, snipped-for-privacy@ipal.net wrote: |> |> In alt.engineering.electrical snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote: |> |>
|> |> | Lead by its nature is contaminated, with lead. And yes I have recycled |> |> | tonnes of batteries as I have replaced tonnes of batteries for many |> |> | people. |> |>
|> |> So pure lead is contaminated with lead. Now that's a weird way to think |> |> about things. But I'm not surprised it's coming from you. |> | |> | Are you really that thick? Lead is a serious contaminant in the |> | environment. Surprised you don't know that. |>
|> But in the contex of a lead plate, it is not a contaminate. Lead is |> what is supposed to be there. | | Ah but the context as stated by you was recycling when you said; | | "He should recycle his leftover lead, if it's not too terribly | contaminated. | Sounds like he probably has a lot of it. " | | In the context of recycling "LEAD" is the contaminate.
No. In that context, anything NOT lead, in the lead, contaminates the lead, and would have to be removed before recycling the lead into making new lead plates for new batteries ... not considering the trace elements generally added to the plates for various reasons.
What do you think happens to the old battery when you trade in your bad car battery to buy a new one? Do you think they're just taking it off your hands so you don't have a dead weight laying around? No. They send it to a battery recycler, or a battery manufacturer, that pays for them by weight, which is an approximation to how much lead they can recover from them for whatever the purpose is.
|> |> | So lets look at waynes assertion. My first set of batteries was a |> |> | parallel string set up. Learned a lesson from that. Followed by three |> |> | sets of second hand batteries, well, there was not the cash to do |> |> | better at the time. Big crime according to wayne. Still they got me |> |> | through to where I could buy a single string of batteries at the |> |> | correct Ah capacity. Listen to wayne and you too can do what I did. |> |>
|> |> All this proves is that you are having better luck with a single string. |> |> But based on your apparent knowledge, it is all about luck. You didn't |> |> try any of the known methods to deal with issues involving two parallel |> |> strings? |> | |> | Nonsense. It proves that I am right about parallel strings. I also |> | tried most of the geewizzery that every one seems to thing is going to |> | solve the inherent problems of parallel strings of batteries for home |> | power systems. |>
|> All it proves is you did parallel strings the wrong way N-1 times. | | No, it means that you will learn an expensive lesson. You have been | fishing for someone to tell you what you want to hear and found wayne.
I have found out there are ways to mitigate the issues of parallel batteries and strings. Apparently you never did; not even recently.