Multicell recombination electric storage batteries.

摘要

A battery comprises a container 2 closed by a lid 6 and which defines a plurality of cells separated by intercell partitions 4,8 which extend up to the lid. The battery contains substantially no free unabzorbed electrolyte and each intercell partition has a smaller aperture 26 formed in it with an area of between 3 and 10mm<2> and a larger aperture with an area of between 10 and 20mm<2>. The battery is filled with electrolyte by tilting it about an axis perpendicular to the planes of the partitions with the smaller holes uppermost and introducing all the electrolyte into one cell and permitting it to flow into the remaining cells through the larger apertures whilst the displaced gas redistributes itself through the smaller apertures.