What is a battery and how does it work?

Battery is short for accumulator. The battery converts electrical energy into chemical energy and is a current collector that transfers the stored chemical energy as electrical energy when needed. The general purpose of the battery is to feed the starter motor, direct current circuits, ignition and light receivers. There are many different shapes of batteries. The most commonly used are those that are 12 volts and are used in gasoline engines. Consisting of 6 elements in total and connected in series to each other, these batteries consist of 4 positively charged and 5 negatively charged plates.

The contents of these plates are loaded on a lead-antimony alloy honeycomb and the active substances are formed by plastering. The battery contains an electrolyte consisting of a mixture of sulfuric acid and pure water. This mixture contains about 40% acid and 60% water. Thus, the elements are connected in series with each other.

How Does the Accumulator Work?

The purpose of use in batteries with the same working principles is not just a starter. There are features such as storing, retrieving and using electrical energy. There are great differences in the internal structure of the batteries used especially in stationary and stationary places for starting and starting purposes. Batteries meet the need without interruption.

When using accumulators, the anode and cathode pole are connected together. When the circuit is closed, the reverse of the initial events happens. That is, chemical energy is converted into electrical energy.

During operation, accumulators convert the electrical energy coming from outside into chemical energy and convert this energy back into electrical energy and spend it. In other words, there are charge-charge and discharge-discharge situations. After the accumulators are charged, they can be used for a certain period of time, that is, as much as the converted energy inside. Therefore, when the charge is finished, it must be recharged.