Go to the pharmacist section and get the distilled water for contact lenses
cleaning at any wallmart or kmart etc. Still pretty cheap for a big jug.







"Wolf" wrote in message
y.com...
Try Wal-Mart I buy the stuff there.

Wolf
"Steve" wrote in message
...
I'm ready to do some battery maintenance and realize I should have
available
several gallons of distilled water for my battery bank. I have been
monitoring them and so far, over the last year, the electrolyte levels
have
not yet dropped to a level of concern. However, I am doing more
equalization
charging now and expect that will cause the level to drop some.

I have four L-16 Trojans (~800 AH total) and they hold a lot of liquid..

I expected I could just go to the Market and find a shelf of distilled
water
(for steam irons).. All I found was shelf after shelf of water
designated
as
'drinking water'.

I really don't think 'drinking water' would be good for batteries since
it
is generally just filtered and the minerals will still remain in harmful
quantities.

Am I wrong?? In fact, if I don't find TRUE 'distilled' water, I'm
willing
to
test some common bottled 'drinking water' by boiling a pan dry just to
see
how much crap is left.

One place I haven't tried yet, is the auto parts stores, but I'm not too
sure they have personnel who will know what I'm looking for (guys who
couldn't get a job at West Moron).

So, where is everyone getting their battery water??

Steve
s/v Good Intentions