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From: Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 26 Jul 2010 19:39 Larry Blanchard wrote: > The net result of all of the back and forth on this subject is that > anyone thinking of trying to get useful advice on this group has > given up in disgust. If everyone would killfile Krusty (including newbies), nobody would have to post to correct him. Think about that. > If the 2 or 3 or 4 of you must keep it up, how about taking it to > email? Hey, this is *reeky*! Where's your sense of adventure? -- -bts -Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul
From: ` on 26 Jul 2010 20:16 On Jul 26, 4:28 pm, Larry Blanchard <lbla...(a)fastmail.fm> wrote: > The net result of all of the back and forth on this subject is that > anyone thinking of trying to get useful advice on this group has given up > in disgust. Neil Murray (who calls himself "The Older Gentleman" in disrespect to a constable who once stopped him and his scruffy friends) destroyed the credibility of this group ten years ago. > > If the 2 or 3 or 4 of you must keep it up, how about taking it to email? Unfortunately, Murray is hiding behind a bogus email addy.
From: ` on 26 Jul 2010 20:17 On Jul 26, 4:39 pm, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.m...(a)example.invalid> wrote: > Hey, this is *reeky*! No, it isn't.
From: ` on 26 Jul 2010 20:28 On Jul 26, 3:39 pm, Rob Kleinschmidt <Rkleinsch1216...(a)aol.com> wrote: > Sulfuric acid is a dangerous compound and ought to > be handled only when wearing protective eyewear. > Way different than distilled water. Where did I ever tell anybody to add pure sulfuric acid(1) to a battery or to mix his own electrolyte? > So please describe the procedures you use when you > periodically added acid to your >>>motorcycle<<< batteries. If the battery is weak and low on electrolyte, I remove it from the motorcycle, measure the specifi gravity (if I can) and voltage, top it up with distilled water, charge it at 10% of the ampere hour capacity rate, let it cool off, check the resting voltage and specific gravity, and then add sufficient pre-mixed *electrolyte* to get the level back to the top line. If the electrolyte is so weak that it gasses off water below the lower level and I can't measure the specific gravity with a hydrometer, what am I supposed to do, add distilled *water* to a fully charged battery? I don't think so. (1) The last place I worked had a huge tank filled with thousands of gallons of 98% pure sulfuric acid, which doesn't look anything like water...
From: Rob Kleinschmidt on 26 Jul 2010 20:32
On Jul 26, 3:28 pm, Larry Blanchard <lbla...(a)fastmail.fm> wrote: > The net result of all of the back and forth on this subject is that > anyone thinking of trying to get useful advice on this group has given up > in disgust. > > If the 2 or 3 or 4 of you must keep it up, how about taking it to email? Well let's summarize then. 1) The phrase "boiling the battery" is a misnomer. Water boils at ~212F and sulfuric acid at ~554 F. Pretty obviously the electrolyte doesn't reach those temperatures. A more accurate term is "gassing". Fluid loss in a battery is caused by electrolysis, where electric current splits the water in the electrolyte into hydrogen and oxygen. That's why they tell you not to smoke or make sparks around batteries. 2) Batteries should be topped off with distilled water. (see above). 3) Beware of all advice you get on the internet. Some of it may be incredibly foolish. Hope this helps the many truth seekers flocking to reeky.tech. |