Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Salt water batteries

["Herve" <caribsub@coqui.net>]

I visited the kongberg  website , was not able to get any info, pricing or
else.
Does any one know where to find sea water batteries
Herve

----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Curtis <navark@yahoo.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 1:27 PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Salt water batteries


> Sea Water batteries do exist, and they have one of the
> highest power densities out of any battery source.
> For use in saltwater (as intended), they are superb
> and are completely shut off when brought out of the
> water.  Kongsberg Simrad sells them, but they aren't
> very helpful about giving prices.
>
>
http://www.kongsberg-simrad.com/_products/underwater_instr/seawaterbat/mainf
rame.asp
>
> That is the website - have a look and let me know if
> you get any pricng info.
>
>      -Tim
>
>
> I wonder about a battery using salt water reacting
> with two different metal
> plates would produce enough power to be used on a
> submarine. I don't know
> what gases if any it would give off. I think it could
> not be recharged. The
> current would flow as long as the metal plates reacted
> with the saltwater.
> When the plates were ate away and didn't produce a
> charge could you just
> replace the plates with new ones and a fresh saltwater
> solution?
> Any thoughts?
> David
>
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