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... who (in Louisiana preferably) supplies this?
It used to be available all over the place, but no-one seems to have any, any more. Is this a plot to sell more batteries? -- Molesworth |
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On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:24:39 -0500, Molesworth
wrote: .. who (in Louisiana preferably) supplies this? It used to be available all over the place, but no-one seems to have any, any more. Go to some friendly battery dealer, and get some from the old trade- ins. The plates wear out, not the acid. Is this a plot to sell more batteries? Probably not. Just too little demand. Casady |
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Larry wrote: Molesworth wrote in news:ukmole- : .. who (in Louisiana preferably) supplies this? It used to be available all over the place, but no-one seems to have any, any more. Is this a plot to sell more batteries? 95% of the batteries no longer have openings to pour it into, which is a VERY dangerous operation. So 'Yes' to the plot then. :-) -- Molesworth - who has topped-up batteries for 45 years or more.. when needed. |
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On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:12:06 +0000, Larry wrote:
95% of the batteries no longer have openings to pour it into, which is a VERY dangerous operation. I don't know about VERY, but gloves and goggles are called for, and a plastic apron isn't a bad Idea. Stuff is harder on clothes than on skin. Adding acid to a dying battery is NOT a solution as all it does is eat holes in the already eaten away plates that are left...give you a false gravity reading without the real capacity to back it up. You add acid to only to replace spillage. Add stuff just like what is there, same specific gravity. Cover the tops of the plates. The original acid load always disappears due to lead sulphate crystallizing, making the acid unrecoverable...which also makes the lead unrecoverable. Acid is not consumed, unrecoverably, for any other reason unless you boil it out. It has a pretty high boiling point. 338 C, 640 F, for the pure stuff, [which does not help this discussion much]. The water lowers the boiling point. Is boiling the acid common? That has to be bad . Lot of corrosion around many batteries in cars, so acid does seem to escape. It does not need "replacing" like water, that is converted into hydrogen gas, is. And they make them so you can't add water. *******s. Casady |
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Larry wrote: Molesworth wrote in news:ukmole- : So 'Yes' to the plot then. :-) I think more "no" to the lawyers waiting to sue the battery store selling acid. Would YOU want to sell highly toxic acid to litigation-happy customers? Are you crazy?!! No, I'm English. I postulated that the unavailablitity of battery distilled water *might* have been down to a plot by the battery manufacturers who don't want batteries lasting longer. Similar situation years ago with shock absorbers on cars; planned obsolescence. But I take your point (sigh). -- Molesworth |
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Molesworth wrote in news:ukmole-
: I postulated that the unavailablitity of battery distilled water Wait! You said battery acid, before, didn't you? Distilled water is available in every grocery store in the USA in many forms. I make mine with a still in my kitchen to have clean drinking water, free of government tampering, to drink. http://www.waterwise.com/productcart...p?idproduct=24 It makes water with about .12ppm total dissolved solids, after passing through the carbon post-filter. It doesn't even conduct electricity! Sorry if I was confused about what you were looking for.... Larry -- |
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