At 08:58 AM 24/05/98 +0100, you wrote: >In message <83E03F5C.11E90F64@xs4all.nl>, marcel >writes >>Alkaloid battery's very big from Russian army does anyone know how to >>maintain >>them . >>They are 5 cell's 24 volt's iron casing and have a refill plug on top >>with a rubber valve >>to release gas pressure. >>How do we find out what alkaloid is used an can we refill them with >>sterilized water > >It's "alkaline", not "alkaloid". *Many* years ago these were quite >plentiful in the UK as war surplus. I think they were also called NiFe >cells (nickel-iron) and they used either sodium or potassium hydroxide >as the electrolyte (I forget which). They were practically >indestructible, as I recall. You should be able to find details on how >to use them in a good library. > >Leon >-- >Leon Heller: leon@lfheller.demon.co.uk http://www.lfheller.demon.co.uk >Amateur Radio Callsign G1HSM Tel: +44 (0) 118 947 1424 >See http://www.lfheller.demon.co.uk/dds.htm for details of my AD9850 >DDS system. See " "/diy_dsp.htm for a simple DIY DSP ADSP-2104 system. > > Someone said refill with deionised or distilled water? I don't think so! This an't no car battery. Dennis -=====================================================================- Dennis Plunkett: Embedded Hardware, Software design NEC Australia DRMASS Line Interface cards TRX software ISDN interface card ph 03 9264-3867 -=====================================================================-