On an Internet search Fred, it is said you are in the Orlando area. Here
is the grocery stores near there:
http://goo.gl/maps/tnxNG
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?cat=Grocery%20Stores&city=Orlando&state=FL
http://allears.net/btp/grocery.htm
It is possible you have not gone to all your grocery stores in your
area.
Cor is in the South part, while I am up in the North part of Silicon
Valley (south of SF, CA). For us there are several stores that sell
distilled water in a 1 gallon plastic jug.
While I rudely had my EV taken away from me (in the wrong place at the
wrong time=bashed up), I still have need of distilled water to maintain
my PbSO4 house/ups batteries. The places I have found that sell 1gal
jugs of distilled water are:
Walmart, Foodco (Kroger), Kmart; [in the baby-item isle at Latino and
Asian grocery chain stores: ] Mi-Pueblo, Chavez, Mi-Rancho, Ranch-99,
Marina-Food, +more
My local larger grocery chain stores: Safeway, Lucky, Knob-Hill,
Whole-Foods, +
I do not count on them carrying distilled water.
I feel quite certain there isn't a distilled water drought where you
are, you just need to expand your search to the many stores in your
area.
Typically, I can get a gallon for less than a $1.
BTW: to hammer the point of using distilled over anything less, years
ago when my income was flowing nicely, on a new pack change, I purposely
used non-distilled water on that pack to see how it affected the pack (I
could afford to lose a pack at that time). The water I used was labeled
as "for batteries" or "purified water" (it was not labeled as drinking
or anything else). This was long before my fast charging ability, and I
charged at a normal overnight rate off a level-1 source.
The result was a shorter pack life, less pack performance (more cells
went weak than before), etc.
I am a fast learner, so I never had to do that again. It is far, far
cheaper to pay for distilled water than to prematurely pay to replace a
pack, plus the cost of the downtime, and loss of not being able to drive
my EV.
Conclusion: do not go cheap, *Always use distilled water ... Always.
The manufacturer can only sell "distilled water" when it is labeled as
"distilled".
{brucedp.150m.com}
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On Sat, Feb 1, 2014, at 01:57 AM, fred wrote:
> I agree that "any" grocery store should have distilled water. I am
> clearly jumping to conclusions, in the wrong direction by rejecting
> grocery stores other than the Publix chain in Florida. This particular
> store, if not the entire chain, does not have on its shelves ordinary
> distilled water. I suppose the WalMart super store or the Target super
> store around the corner may have the stuff. Perhaps I should also check
> the Sam's Club next door for larger volumes. I'm glad to have my
> understanding about purified water clarified.
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On Fri, Jan 31, 2014, at 07:08 PM, fred wrote:
> It's pretty clear to me from reading this list that distilled water is
> the right stuff for lead acid batteries with liquid electrolyte. The
> local markets carry "purified water" and other marketable names for the
> stuff, but no distilled water is to be found on the shelves.
>
> Where would one look on a local level for say, a two gallon or five
> gallon container of distilled water?
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