Can I use a conductance/impedance battery monitoring system designed for lead acid batteries with a Ni-Cd battery?
A10 – If a battery monitoring system is required then a system measuring cell/block voltages and temperatures is sufficient for nickel-cadmium cells. Systems that measure internal resistance or impedance give little additional benefit. These work on the basis that the lead acid plate corrodes during its lifetime and there are fundamental changes in performance and the expected lifetime is unpredictable. With the steel plate structure of the nickel cadmium cell these changes do not occur, the performance is maintained and the lifetime is entirely predictable.
