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Old 15th July 2012 | 10:28
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Avionker
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Quite simply, a battery is a DC power source. When a battery is discharging a chemical reaction occurs between the electrodes and the electrolyte. In order to recharge the battery current must flow in the opposite direction in order to reverse the chemical reaction.

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