By Hugh Abner
[44 Years and Counting Manufacturing Batteries and Battery Machinery]

When we get together at the various battery conventions we listen to several discussions about grid Pb or active material Pb but seldom are we entertained with a paper on top Pb. Yet Top Pb is one of those “Must” items.

Just in case you are not quite sure what I mean about top Pb then here is one explanation. Top Pb is all the Pb at the top of the battery. It is the Pb that connects the plates of a cell. The Pos. plates on one side and the Neg. plates on the other. Each cell has 2 cell posts. Again, one will be Pos. and the other Neg. The cells are connected together in series to form a battery of cells by using a Pb connector. Each connector connects the Pos. post of one cell to the Neg. post of the adjacent. Three Pb cells gave us the 6-volt batteries and 6 cells gave us out 12 volt batteries. The two end cells have a special post added to them and these are main terminal Pos. and Neg. post. These posts are used to connect the battery of cells to the electrical system’s terminal cables. In short the Top Pb is the internal electrical conductor of a battery. (more…)