Battery Water.
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From: S'mee on 2 Aug 2010 01:43 On Aug 1, 3:45 pm, "ian field" <gangprobing.al...(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > "The Older Gentleman" <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in messagenews:1jmk4ir.1yhzzjp1pvgjs2N%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk... > > > mike <spam...(a)go.com> wrote: > > >> 400 miles later and the battery is still full of water. > >> Rerouting the sense line seems to have fixed it. > >> Thanks for the suggestion. > > > Beers all round on Mike, then. > > Mine's a very large JD (as in leave the bottle). That's only step abobe cough syrup using bog water as a base...better some Pusser's rhum or a nice well aged Mezcal.
From: Rob Kleinschmidt on 2 Aug 2010 02:04 On Aug 1, 9:05 am, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > mike <spam...(a)go.com> wrote: > > 400 miles later and the battery is still full of water. > > Rerouting the sense line seems to have fixed it. > > Thanks for the suggestion. > > Beers all round on Mike, then. Wot ?? No comment form Krusty ?
From: ` on 2 Aug 2010 08:57 On Aug 1, 11:04 pm, Rob Kleinschmidt <Rkleinsch1216...(a)aol.com> 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.
From: Rob Kleinschmidt on 2 Aug 2010 10:19 On Aug 2, 4:57 am, "`" <breoganmacbr...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Aug 1, 11:04 pm, Rob Kleinschmidt <Rkleinsch1216...(a)aol.com> 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. 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. > Going through the procedure of bench charging a used battery and then > topping it up with *distilled water* after charging is simply > ignorant. Agreed. Anybody but a total ignoramus would add the distilled water first.
From: S'mee on 2 Aug 2010 10:30
On Aug 2, 8:19 am, Rob Kleinschmidt <Rkleinsch1216...(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Aug 2, 4:57 am, "`" <breoganmacbr...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > On Aug 1, 11:04 pm, Rob Kleinschmidt <Rkleinsch1216...(a)aol.com> 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. > > 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. > > > Going through the procedure of bench charging a used battery and then > > topping it up with *distilled water* after charging is simply > > ignorant. > > 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. |