1. Parts Technician First Period Material Identification and Calculations 270103g Battery Fundamentals

2. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Table 1 - Common chemical equations.

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4. Figure 1 - Maintenance battery.

5. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 2 - Low-maintenance battery.

6. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 3 - Maintenance-free battery.

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8. Figure 4 - Deep cycle battery.

9. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 5 - Hybrid battery plate.

10. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 6 - Wound cell battery.

11. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 7 - 42- and 36-volt batteries.

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13. Figure 8 - Always wear eye protection: safety glasses and/or a face shield.

14. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 9 - Always wear appropriate protective equipment.

15. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 10 - Sources of combustion must be avoided.

16. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 11 - Methods of checking electrolyte level. (Courtesy General Motors of Canada Limited and Toyota Canada Inc.)

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18. Figure 12 - Very dangerous practice if the negative (ground) cable is still connected.

19. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 13 - Plate grid for a maintenance-free battery.

20. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 14 - Positive plate.

21. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 15 - Positive plate group.

22. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 16 - Positive plate group with envelope separators.

23. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 17 - Battery element. (Courtesy Toyota Canada Inc.)

24. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 18 - Battery elements using envelope separators. (Courtesy General Motors of Canada Limited)

25. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 19 - Battery showing internal and external components.

26. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 20 - Cell connectors.

27. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 21 - Six cells connected in series.

28. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 22 - Adding plate mass and area.

29. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 23 - One battery cell in a fully charged state. (Courtesy Toyota Canada Inc.)

30. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 24 - Chemical reaction during discharge. (Courtesy Toyota Canada Inc.)

31. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 25 - Chemical reaction during charge. (Courtesy Toyota Canada Inc.)

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33. Figure 26 - BCI group numbers.

34. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 27 - Batteries connected in parallel. (Courtesy General Motors of Canada Limited)

35. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 28 - Booster cables.

36. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Table 2 - Common booster cable sizes.

37. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 29 - Exploded battery due to improper boosting procedure.

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39. Figure 30 - Order of connection and disconnection of cables for boosting.

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41. Figure 31 - Slow charger connected to charge three batteries in series

42. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 32 - Fast charger connected to three batteries in parallel.

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44. Figure 33 - Charge rates and times.

45. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Table 3 - State of charge.

46. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 34 - Hydrometer used to test specific gravity. (Courtesy Toyota Canada Inc.)

47. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 35 - Built-in electrolyte level and specific gravity tester. (Courtesy General Motors of Canada Limited)

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49. Figure 36 - Correct and incorrect methods of connecting to side terminal batteries.

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51. Figure 37 - Battery load tester.

52. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 38 - Battery load tester schematic.

53. © 2013, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Alberta Figure 39 - Battery handles.

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57. Figure 40 - Used battery storage.