Battery Water. - Page 4

 


Arguing with you is like arguing with religious fundamentalists.

It's an article of faith (in spite the obvious facts) with you people
that NO acid is ever pushed out the vent tube.

It's also an article of faith that *only* oxygen and hydrogen exit the
vent tube.

If that's the case, *why* does the vent tube ALWAYS point DOWN,
instead of UP?

When I worked on general aviation aircraft, I had occasion to install
a battery vent system with a draft tube on the bottom of the vent
hose.

A draft tube provides positive venting of the battery box. The tube is
cut
on an angle so that turbulence behind the draft tube sucks gasses (and
liquids) out of the battery box.

The vent tube pointed DOWN, not up.

 


Oh shut up you moron. You were dead wrong and now in your impotent
attempts to redirect people from your incompetance you yet again draw
up lies and strawman arguments. Go fuck yourself you uneducated
incompetant moron...you don't even OWN or ride motorcycles much less
ever worked on one.

 


Not a matter of faith at all. I ran an off-grid house for 10
years off a lead/acid battery bank and observed over the
course of 10 years that an annual topping off with distilled
water and charging restored the electrolyte density just fine.

I already provided several links on battery maintenance.

Here's another good one from a lead/acid battery manufacturer.

http://www.trojanbattery.com/Tech-Support/BatteryMaintenance.aspx

Lessee now. Who should I believe ? Krusty or the manufacturer ?

That one's a real puzzler alright.


So what ? What mechanism(s) do you believe cause
loss of H2SO4 ? Only ones I'm aware of are spills and
overfilling, both of which are caused only by stupidity.

None of the above changes the fact that you misdiagnosed
the OPs problem and offered stupid and inappropriate advice.

I only point it out because you may not be aware that
you do this sometimes and then compound it by getting
emotionally invested in your incorrect answer.

 


When a battery gasses, electrolyte is *lifted* to the top of the cell
by the bubbles,
just like crude oil is lifted to the surface by the escape of methane
gas under pressure, or aquarium water is circulated by a bubble lift
pump.

When the bubbles in your battery burst, electrolyte is splattered all
over any available surface.

Just look at the top of a car battery that has filler caps.

There will be a film of electrolyte on top of the battery.

Just look at the battery cables on cars whose owners don't clean them
regularly.

They'll be covered with acid crystals.

Motorcycle batteries also have a problem with vibration in the battery
area.

Vibration causes the electrolyte to spritz at the surface, helping the
escaping gasses to carry electrolyte out of the battery.

Furthermore, consider the fact that motorcycle batteries do not always
remain level, they are being tilted from side to side, sloshing the
electrolyte at the surface.

Some electrolyte must surely be lost from a flooded cell lead acid
battery.

 


bullshit. It's been explained ad nauseum at both a professional level
and a bubba level and still you continue to deny reality. Damn you are
one STUPID inDUHvidual.

you life failure.