Ka'idar aiki na baturan babur ya ƙunshi jujjuya makamashin sinadarai da makamashin lantarki.Babban aikin baturin lantarki, wanda kuma aka sani da baturi, shine canza makamashin sinadarai zuwa makamashin lantarki.Baturi yawanci yana ƙunshe da faranti masu inganci da mara kyau, electrolyte, da masu raba.Lokacin da babur din bai tashi ba, ana amfani da wutar lantarki da aka adana a cikin baturin don kunna na'urorin lantarki daban-daban akan babur.Bayan injin ya tashi, alternating current da magneto ya kera ana gyara shi ta hanyar gyara don zama kai tsaye, wanda ke cajin baturi kuma ya ci gaba da ba da wuta ga babur.goma sha biyu
Abubuwan da ke aiki akan faranti masu inganci da mara kyau a cikin baturin, kamar gubar da gubar dioxide a cikin batir-acid, da mahadi na lithium a cikin batir lithium, suna fuskantar halayen sinadarai yayin caji da aiwatar da caji.A yayin aiwatar da fitarwa, gubar ƙarfe tana aiki azaman gurɓataccen wutar lantarki don ɗaukar halayen iskar shaka, samar da sulfate gubar;Lead dioxide yana aiki azaman ingantacciyar wutar lantarki don fuskantar ragi, yana samar da gubar sulfate.Yayin caji, waɗannan sulfates na gubar suna rube kuma su koma yanayin fitar da su.ashirin da uku
Batirin gubar acid da baturan lithium iri biyu ne na batura na yau da kullun akan babura.Batirin gubar acid yana haifar da halin yanzu ta hanyar haɓakar oxygen-raguwa na gubar sulfate da gubar ƙarfe a cikin sulfuric acid electrolyte, yayin da batirin lithium ke amfani da mafita mara ruwa mara ruwa, waɗanda ke da nauyi mai nauyi, tsawon rayuwa, da mafi kyawun daidaita yanayin zafi.
A taƙaice, ƙa’idar aiki ta batir ɗin babur ta ƙunshi juyar da makamashin sinadarai (ta hanyar halayen sinadarai) zuwa makamashin lantarki, da kuma amfani da zagayawa na makamashin lantarki (ta halin yanzu) akan babura.