Subject: DC SOURCES OF ELECTRICITY

Assignment – 1 Date : 07.09.21

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Answer the following questions in your own words.
Q1. What is the difference between primary and secondary cells?

Q2. A 25 A-h at the 10 hour rate battery can supply what maximum current
continuously and for how long?

Q3. A 35 A-h at the 1 hour rate battery can supply what maximum current and
for how long?

Q4. If a 40 A-h at the 10 hour battery were discharged at 8 Amps how long
would you expect it to be able to provide this current?
Q5. When carrying out a capacity test on a 20 A-h battery, it only achieved 80%,
what is the actual battery capacity?

Q6. A battery was discharged at 10 Amps for 10 hours in order to test its
capacity. What was the battery’s rating?

Q7. If four 2 volt, 1 ampere-hour cells, each with an internal resistance of 2

ohms are connected in series to form a battery, what is the battery voltage,
capacity and internal resistance?

Q8. How can a 4 volt, 6 A-h supply be obtained from six 2 volt, 2 A-h cells?
Q9. Two 12 volt, lead acid, aircraft batteries are connected in parallel to give a
greater capacity. Draw a circuit diagram depicting the individual cells of these
two interconnected batteries.

Q10. What happens if a 4 volt battery is connected in parallel with a 2 volt

battery?

Q11. When 3 identical cells are connected in series across a filament, in which
order do they discharge?

Q12. In your own words, describe the construction of a typical lead acid aircraft
battery.
Q13. In your own words, describe the construction of a typical Nickel Cadmium
battery aircraft battery.

Q14. State some typical A-h ratings for lead acid and Ni-cad aircraft batteries.

Q15. What is thermal runaway and what might cause it occur?