Battery Water. - Page 2

 



Mine's a very large JD (as in leave the bottle).

 

On Aug 1, 9:05 am, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk (The Older
Gentleman) wrote:

Wot ?? No comment form Krusty ?

 



Since you have invoked the spirit of krusty kritter (Krusty never
posts to rmt),
the following comments are in order:

The OP *never* wrote what voltage and RPM his regulator cycled at, and
still hasn't done so.

Furthermore, battery *electrolyte* and battery *acid* are two
different things.

There are four times when the motorcycle rider adds *electrolyte* to a
battery:

1. When first filling up a new battery to the upper level line;

2. After it has sat for half an hour, fibrous separator plates and the
spongy lead plates may absorb some of the *electrolyte* so it has to
be topped up again, with *electrolyte.

3. When the new battery is almost fully charged, it may be necessary
to add electrolyte again, bringing the level back up to the full level
line.

4. When a battery is being "rescued" from a long period of field
service without being charged on the bench, the *electrolyte* level is
brought up to the full line by adding *distilled water*, but when the
battery is as fully charged as possible, considering its condition, it
should be topped up with *electrolyte* to the upper level line.

Going through the procedure of bench charging a used battery and then
topping it up with *distilled water* after charging is simply
ignorant.

 


Oddly enough though,  his description made it clear
to a number of people that he had an overcharging
problem. Only one of those who responded seemed to
not grasp this.


Agreed. Anybody but a total ignoramus would
add the distilled water first.

 


good number of this learned to add the distilled water FIRST before we
could legally drive/ride. Besides it's just common sense to do that.
Doesn't do much good charging a battery if it isn't topped off.