Section 2 - Battery Data

The following battery data are provided for comparison between different types of batteries from different manufacturers.  These data, like most other battery data of this type, are rough approximations only.  Historically, battery data, while being somewhat accurate, has never been very precise.  In compiling these data, numbers were taken from as many sources as possible and averaged together.  The majority came for data sheets provided by manufacturers and distributors, while some came from scientific and engineering reports.  Because of this not all batteries listed below have the same information.  Note that any new data that comes available will gladly be included in future issues or revisions of this handbook. 

Use of Data

The battery data from the list below are described in basic and density units.  To determine total energy or power of a particular battery, simply multiply these density numbers by the battery mass.  Most of the energy, power and capacity numbers were determined at a C/3 rate.  The power data is generally the maximum power over a 15 or 30 second period.

       Name            Mass (kg)    Energy (Wh/kg)    Capacity (Ah)    Power (W/kg)   Voltage

AluPower

    Alum-Air               71                  479                  239.9

Chloride

  EV-5T Lead-acid                           32                                            62

Delco-Remy

   Ni-Zn                                             52                    120

Eagle Picher - Nickel Iron

   NIF-170                  25.0               42.1                 170                  83                    6.2

   NIF-200                  25.1               49.4                 200                  100                  6.2

   NIF-220                  25.3               53.9                 220                                          6.2

Electric Fuel

  Zinc-Air                   650                170                  434                                          264

Electrosource Sealed Lead acid

  22 & 23E                 10.18             35                    29.2

Globe

   EV-2300 Pb-acid                          37                                            74

GNB - Sealed Lead acid

   Bipolar                   9.93               30.1                 25                    66.5

Hoppecke - Sealed Nickel-Cadmium

   H 40                        6.5                 39.4                 42                                            6.5

   H 50                        7.5                 43.2                 53                                            6.5

   H 60                        8.5                 44.5                 63                                            6.5

   H 70                        9.5                 46.2                 72                                            6.5

   H 80                        10.5               48.8                 84                                            6.5

   H 90                        11.5               50.4                 95                                            6.5

   H 100                      12.5               51.0                 106                                          6.5

Japan Storage - Flooded lead acid

   E75P                       24                  33.7                 68                                            12

   E105P                     35                  32.3                 95                                            12

   E120P                     41                  31.3                 108                                          12

   ED150P                  42                  38.3                 135                  150                  12

Johnson Controls - Sealed Lead acid

  GC-12V100             30.48             27                    66                                            12

  GC 6V 200               32.7               23.7                 130                                          6

  U-1-31                     10.9               25.1                 23                                            12

  GC 12 400               15.0               21.4                 27                                            12

  GC 12 550               18.6               23.7                 37                                            12

  GC 12 800               24.5               27.7                 57                                            12

Lucas Chloride - Flooded lead acid

3ET205                      32.5               32.2                 176                                          6

SAFT - Flooded Nickel Cadmium

  STM 5-140              17.5               47.0                 135                                          6.1

  STM 5-200              23.2               47.5                 180                                          6.1

  SEH-5-200              24.9               49.8                 204                  202                 

Sears

  Golf Car lead-acid                         26

Sonnenschein Sealed Lead-Acid

  DF 6V 180               30.2               29.3                 150                                          6

  DF 45                       10.4               28.4                 25                                            12

  DF 75                       12.3               33.5                 35                                            12

  DF 115                     17.8               33.1                 50                                            12

  DF 150                     23.1               32.7                 65                                            12

  DF 180                     30.0               29.5                 75                                            12

  DF 4DLT                 39.0               27.2                 90                                            12

U.S. Battery

  GC2H-2400             34.1                                       169                                          6

  GC2-2300                31.4                                       156                                          6

  GC2-2200                29.1                                       135                                          6

  GC2-1900                26.8                                       115                                          6

Trojan

T-105

T-125

T-145