Short-circuit protection in wet-cell battery

A method comprising:

• constructing a first cell in a wet-cell battery, the first cell comprising a set of anode electrodes and a set of cathode electrodes;
• identifying a surface inside the first cell, wherein electrically conductive debris accumulates on the surface to a height;
• configuring, by causing a processor and a memory to manipulate a fabrication machine, an anode electrode in the set of anode electrodes and a cathode electrode in the set of cathode electrodes, wherein the anode electrode has an anode end closest to the surface, wherein the cathode electrode has a cathode end closest to the surface, and wherein the configuring causes a first gap distance between the anode end and the surface to be different from a second gap distance between the cathode end and the surface;
• and
• preventing a short-circuit from the electrically conductive debris when the debris accumulates up to the height, by causing the debris to fail to make simultaneous electrical contact with the anode electrode and the cathode electrode due to the first gap distance being different from the second gap distance.

A computer usable program product comprising one or more computer-readable storage mediums, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, the stored program instructions causing a processor to configure operations comprising:

• constructing a first cell in a wet-cell battery, the first cell comprising a set of anode electrodes and a set of cathode electrodes;
• identifying a surface inside the first cell, wherein electrically conductive debris accumulates on the surface to a height;
• configuring, by causing a processor and a memory to manipulate a fabrication machine, an anode electrode in the set of anode electrodes and a cathode electrode in the set of cathode electrodes, wherein the anode electrode has an anode end closest to the surface, wherein the cathode electrode has a cathode end closest to the surface, and wherein the configuring causes a first gap distance between the anode end and the surface to be different from a second gap distance between the cathode end and the surface;
• and
• preventing a short-circuit from the electrically conductive debris when the debris accumulates up to the height, by causing the debris to fail to make simultaneous electrical contact with the anode electrode and the cathode electrode due to the first gap distance being different from the second gap distance.