On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 10:10:56 -0400, Terry Spragg
wrote:

Clean, dry tops seems the most important thing, followed by
monitoring, trickle charging, and steam distilled water
replenishment. Buy and learn to love a hydrometer, it will que your
actions.

Roger that on the clean tops, clean terminals, distilled H2O top-ups
(if necessary) and the hydrometer. Just remember to calibrate the
hydrometer reading for ambient temperature.

R.