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    Mossing?

    I would like the formula for making lead acid "JELLY" electrolyte. something consisting of available materials and not stuff like the scrapings of fish entrails as described in bygone patents
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    traction battery repair

    The battery cases are made of hard rubber. all nicely packeed when new, into a tight fitting steel box, pulling one cell from this nest is going to be expensive. Changing the electrolyte to a jelly is not an expensive exercise. Lead acid batteries with a jelly electrolyte have performed with...
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    traction battery repair

    I have a problem with a lift truck battery. one of the cells is leaking electrolyte (sulfuric acid) I want to stop the leak without pulling the cell (major operation). The individual cells(12) are in a 2 x 6 configuration housed in a steel box. Pulling one cell would probably devistate its...
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    Using an induction motor as a generator

    At the time of the last coal miners strike in the UK in the 70s electricity went on "RATION" companies were limited to a 3 day working week, The company I worked for happened to have a Motor/alternater set used for testing machines going for export requiring 60HTZ instead of the 50Hrtz...
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    inductive generation of power from AC motors

    I have had various sources of information indicating that an A.C. Squirel cage motor can be wired to "GENERATE" A.C. "Simply turn the shaft and add some D.C. to some of the windings and A.C.will appear accross some of the other windings. Having set up several differant A.C.motors...
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    reclaming copper

    Get a stainless steel crock pot, fill it with "battery acid" this is the elctrolyte. Drop your scrapings into the pot.they should sink to the bottom but will be touching the stainless steel. Get a battery charger, connect the negative to the crock pot, suspend a copper anode...
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