[RE-wrenches] Followup to Surrette Battery Question

Matt Tritt solarone at charter.net
Sat Sep 6 14:42:15 PDT 2008


U-Bet, Ray. It's not like the bloody things are cheap! =(:>/

Matt

R. Walters wrote:

> Matt;
>
> I've used the watering systems for years as well, but never the tap 
> connect.
> We have hard water here too, good to know that our distilled water 
> mania is not in vain.
>
> Ray
>
>
> On Sep 4, 2008, at 6:30 PM, Matt wrote:
>
>> Ray,
>>
>> We sell plenty of watering systems, but none are fed from an actual 
>> pressurized tap. The "best" one uses a manual water release on top of 
>> each cap; this prevents over-filling when (not if) something sticks.
>>
>> I have never used non-distilled water in a battery, but I have 
>> replaced a couple of banks that were wrecked by using well water with 
>> a high mineral content.
>>
>> Matt
>> ---- "R. Walters" <walters at taosnet.com <mailto:walters at taosnet.com>> 
>> wrote: 
>>
>>> I never used it, but Battery Watering Systems has used them for  
>>> years. The rep I talked to thought we in the solar biz were quite  
>>> cautious on this.
>>> I still use distilled H2O, myself BTW.
>>> Have you actually experienced ruined batteries from ionized or  
>>> filtered H2O?
>>> Also, if you reread Jamie's previous response, it sounds like they  
>>> aren't even using distilled H2O to build them either.
>>>
>>> Ray
>>>
>>> On Sep 3, 2008, at 7:15 PM, Matt wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is a majorly bad idea! Tap water usually contains dissolved  
>>>> minerals that will screw up battery plates, reduce or increase  
>>>> conductivity and generally void battery warrantees.
>>>>
>>>> Am I correct about this Jamie?
>>>>
>>>> Matt
>>>> ---- "R. Walters" <walters at taosnet.com 
>>>> <mailto:walters at taosnet.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Some of the single point battery watering systems have a pressure
>>>>> regulator that plumbs right to the water tap with a small filter.
>>>>> Apparently we in the solar business are more anal about using
>>>>> distilled water than many other battery users.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ray
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 2, 2008, at 6:46 PM, James Surrette wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Bruce,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> FYI, Deionized water is commonly used in battery manufacturing and
>>>>>> large motive power applications;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.philadelphiascientific.com/deionizer.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jamie
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>
>
> R. Walters
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