battery watering systems [RE-wrenches]

[Robert Warren]

Marco,
 One of the first off-grid systems I built maybe 14 or 15 years ago was 
for a blind gentleman in Oregon, Charlie Weaver. I installed 12 or more 
Trojan L-16s in a big insulated cabinet in his garage. Since he was 
blind, he couldn't see the water levels or stick a finger into the acid 
to check the levels, so he used his head. He rigged up a simple gravity 
feed watering system with 1/4 inch plastic tubes coming from a 
Tupperware container placed so that the top of the water in the 
container was precisely at the top water level mark of the batteries. 
The tubes went to holes he drilled in the caps, and extended down into 
the battery so it touched the plates, and thus would never break suction 
as long as the top-off tank was always filled. A run-off tube near the 
top drained off excess water if he overfilled the water container. I 
went out to the site about 6 or 8 months after the intital installation, 
and everything was in tip-top condition, and I thought this was the 
slickest thing I ever saw. He was also careful not to block off the 
vapor ventiation through the cap.
Robert Warren  


Marco wrote:
> 
> We are looking into battery watering systems, and are interested in your
> picks, pans, and horror stories. This particular system has 48 cells to
> water. Thanks for your input.
> 
> marco
> 
> ProVision Technologies Inc.
> 69 Railroad Ave.
> Hilo, HI 96720
> 808-969-3281
> 808-934-7462 (fax)
> 
> 



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