Steve,
You could find someone with nothing else to do but to trash you for not knowing this
fact.
Putting it in a simple way, when the electrolytic mixture of acid and distilled water
warms up, it's only the water that evaporates, leaving the acid % unchanged. It is for
this reason that you only top-up with water, never with acid. If you loose or spill
part of the contents of the battery electrolyte, then you must empty the whole battery
and replace it with the right amount of acid and distilled water, according to the
manufacturer, but the Hydrometer is a very good tool to let you know the state of your
battery.
Cheers,
Charles ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Gill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: V-MAX TECH LIST <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 4:42 PM
Subject: Battery Top Up
> Hi All
>
> A riddle for you to ponder. If I keep topping up my
> batteries (both car and bike) with distilled water how
> come I don't end up with severely diluted acid? Is it
> worth saving the acid from old batteries to use when
> topping up? What do you think and what do you do?
> I would have thought that topping up with battery acid
> is better than water but I have been told it could
> result in too high a concentration of acid in my
> battery. Most of the time I'm too lazy to use the
> hydrometer.
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve
>
> =====
> Steve "Shifty" Gill
> VMOA #722
> Surrey - England - UK
>
> 99 "MEGA MAX" Black Metalflake
>
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