<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Aug 1, 2016, at 5:50 PM, Steve Higgins wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><p dir="ltr">Hey Jeremy,</p><p dir="ltr">A plastic/rubber tube won't be an issue... </p><p dir="ltr">Best thing to do is get them a refractometer that way the only thing you're putting into the battery is a pipette to remove just a drop or two of electrolyte...</p><p dir="ltr">The Extech RF40 or RF41 are available on amazon and are generally priced well. </p>
</blockquote>Howdy</div><div>Except that pipette is much too short for series 5000 Surrettes. </div><div>I've dropped it into a cell before with successful retrieval. A tube extension, with snug fit to hydrometer tube works as well and facilitates a quicker process of cell to cell charge status check in my opinion. I do break out the refractometer at times but it takes lot of moves with acid rag or tissue wipe down process in my opinion.</div><br></body></html>