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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2002
Gerd Tomazic, Murzzuchlag, AT;
Premium Power Corporation, Billerica, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention comprises a system for identifying an electrical short in a flowing electrolyte battery. The system for identifying an electrical short in a flowing electrolyte battery comprises a detection device for detecting direction of current flow through the battery, wherein the flow of current in a first direction is indicative of proper current flow and the flow of current in a second direction is indicative of an electrical short within at least a portion of the battery, and a switch, for example, for ceasing current flow upon detection of current flow in the second direction. The system further contemplates an identifying component which visually and/or audibly alerts an operator as to an electrical short.