Club Car V-GLIDE Maintenance Service Supplement page 50

13
BATTERIES
General Information, Continued:
+
PbO 2
Figure 13-1 Charged Battery
The result is two similar metals, lead sulfate (PbSO
tricity because the battery is completely discharged.
When a discharged battery is connected to a charger, the process is reversed. The sulfate (SO
from the plates back into the electrolyte to make sulfuric acid (H
plate to make lead dioxide (PbO
The result is a charged battery that is again capable of generating electricity (Figure 13-1, Page 13-2).
+
PbSO 4
Figure 13-3 Discharged Battery
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Pb
H SO
4
2
) (Figure 13-4, Page 13-2).
2
PbSO
4
H O
2
+
Pb
Figure 13-2 Discharging Battery
) immersed in water (H
4 2
SO ). The oxygen returns to the positive
2 4
+
Pb
Figure 13-4 Battery Charging
General Information
MOTOR
O
2
Pb
SO
4
H
2
O). This will not generate elec-
) is forced
4
CHARGER
SO
4
Pb
O
2
H
2