Signal Service (France) Technical Instructions No. 3 Care and Management of Accumulators, July 1917

Signal Service (France) Technical Instructions No. 3 Care and Management of Accumulators was issued by the Signal Service (France) during the First World War.

Contents are

I - Accumulators or Secondary Cells

II - Practical Construction of Lead Plate Cells

III - Size and Number of Plates

IV - Number of Cells in a Battery

V - Sulphating

VI - Voltage of Charging Unit

VII - First Charge of a New Battery

VIII - Defective Cells

IX - The Electrolyte

X - Capacity of a Battery

XI - Charge and Discharge Current

XII - Cells in Series and in Parallel

XIII - Charging Sets

XIV - Points to be remembered when Charging Batteries

XV - Charging Small Batteries from Electric Light Maings

XVI - Fuller Block Cell. Type BL.

XVII - French Cell. Type G.C. Paris

XVIII - French Cell. "Dinin" Type

XIX - Edison Cell

XX - Hints on Batteries