I have a plastic bottle device that is specifically made for filling batteries. You fill it with distilled water and it has a check valve in the spout that you put in to the top of the battery. When the water level is up the flow of water is stopped. I have used in on bus and truck batteries, the type with the push on caps or screw on caps. I don't remember where I bought it. Not sure if it would work with other types of batteries like cars and light trucks. Since I saw this thread in the middle maybe my reply is not for the correct type of batteries. Art ----- Original Message ----- From: Loren Buntemeyer To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Checking water levels in batteries
This procedure seems to work for me. Purchase a turkey baster with that rubber squeeze ball on top. Get a glue bottle top that is round. The glue bottle top will slide on to the baster. Cut off the bottle tip according to how far you want it to slip on to the baster. Make this fit tight, but not to tight to split the tip. This distance is determined by the water level you want and depth you want the baster to enter the battery. The glue cap lid is too large to enter the battery hole, so adjusting this lid will determine the water height. When you squeezze the rubber ball, you can hear if the tip of the baster is in the water. If the water level is low, I suck more distilled water, small amounts at a time, into the baster and put it in the battery. When you hear that bubble-girgle, it's full. I have a baster with each type of battery so I don't have to change adjustments. I use throw-a-way rubber gloves and eye glasses. Loren ----- Original Message ----- From: Matt To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 7:58 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Checking water levels in batteries Hello, Does anyone have tips or tricks for checking the level of water in car or golf cart batteries? I purchased a jug with a spring loaded spout on it, which is supposed not to over fill batteries, but of course it don't seem to work as advertised. But still, it is much easier than using a funnel and a gallon jug and it makes consistent noises as the water leaves the bottle, so it was worth the purchase. However, I still have to check water levels in the batteries with my fingers and I wish that I could find a way around this. There are 6 batteries in our cart with 4 fill holes each. I think that we save a lot of money having an electric/rechargeable cart instead of a gasoline powered one, but there's always maintenance of some sort and watching water levels, cleaning cables and posts, and watching the tires is it for this thing. Anyway, I figured who knows? Maybe this is a topic this list would know about and if I never asked, I'd never know if there was an easier way. If you want to cover how to replace the rings on the ends of battery cables, that would be of use to me as well. Thanks, Matt [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
