<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>No acid for acid. unless you want to reduce the gravity for high temperatures. If they were charged all the sulphur is in the acid. I would think that if you are working with having all cells filled with 5/6 full of acid and you are filling the remainder with 1/6 distilled water, <BR>then 1/6 x1 + 5/6 x 1.265 = 1.220 and this would be to low for effective batteries. </DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Carl Emerson <freepower@freepower.co.nz><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sun, May 1, 2011 5:06:58 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [RE-wrenches] Acid spill...<BR></FONT><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=blue size=3 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hi there,</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=blue size=3 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I just shipped a largish bank of Exide </SPAN></FONT>BMPE19<FONT color=blue face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: blue"> flooded batteries to the Islands.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=blue size=3 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On unloading, a pallet split and several cells lost electrolyte.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=blue size=3 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">8 out of the 48 - 2V cells lost about 1/3 of their acid.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=blue size=3 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The question is would it be safe to even out the acid in the whole 48 cells and then top up with distilled water?</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=blue size=3 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Appreciate your collective wisdom…</SPAN></FONT></P>
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