Dec 8, 2009 09:41:31 AM, [email protected] wrote:
oh.. and if you empty chemicals into bottles.....
1. DO NOT use food containers
2. LABEL them correctly.
I had a friend who's older dad sipped down half a water bottle in one
turn on a hot summer day, just to be found unconscious in a staircase
a couple of hours later. He never recovered from that and died 6 month
later. What happened was that a friend gave the old chap a bottle of
fruit schnaps he made himself and that was in a selxzer bottle. The
old guy must have forgoten and when was thirsty... ohhh wow... I got a
bottle of water sitting here. And there he went. Battery acid would be
quite nasty.... brrrrrrrrrrrrr
Rainer
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Rainer Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote:
> Empty the acid into a glass bottle. That stops any further chemical
> reaction in the battery and suspends the battery in the state it is at
> in that moment. When you come back. Add the acid and you are back in
> business. I do that every winter and it has never failed. of course...
> if you have a maintenance free battery this will not work and you need
> a flaot or a trickle charger.
>
> If you atempt to follow my advise be sure to wear safety glasses and
> old clothes as even minute splashes of battery acid can cause burns
> and holes in cotton on contact. Sounds scary but doing it in a bathtub
> and then rinsing everything off after you emptied or filled makes it a
> breeze and will take a minute or two. You could wear that crazy
> sweater your mother made you as well... then there is a good excuse
> why that piece of art has gone...
>
> best of luck
> Rainer
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 9:56 PM, Dennis <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm in New Zealand now. I arrived down here about two weeks ago. While I
>> was gone, my motorcycle here sat for about 9 months with the battery in it.
>> Needless to say, it was flat when I got back. I put the charger on it and
>> got the bike ('85 CB700SC) started and all seemed well - until two days
>> later when the battery was flat again. Another charge and two more days of
>> good running and then flat again.
>>
>> I took it into a shop today to make sure the alternator was putting charge
>> into it and it seemed to be. So, after chatting with the mechanic, I
>> stepped up and bought a new battery.
>>
>> Now that I'm home, I'm wondering if that was the right thing to do or if I
>> should have been more patient and debugged things a bit further before
>> pulling out my wallet.
>>
>> The folks at the shop told me that a battery can definitely be ruined by
>> leaving it in a bike like that for so long. They said something about
>> 'sulfation' - which I didn't really understand.
>>
>> I also asked them how I should store a battery if I'm going to be gone that
>> long and their only suggestion was to buy a 'battery minder' and use it to
>> keep that battery topped up while I'm gone. That seemed a bit extreme to
>> me for six to nine months. Surely there must be another way?
>>
>> You thoughts and comments would be appreciated.
>>
>> Dennis G.
>> - Seattle, Washington
>> - Christchurch, New Zealand
>>
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