Battery filler system: CAUTION
A reminder: One style of battery filler bottle has a spring operated tip
which is inverted and pressed against the battery to let water into the battery
cell. CAUTION!!!!
The tip of the filler bottle inserted inside the battery filler cap and
pressed against the top of the battery plates....bending and breaking them and
ruining several batteries in just a few uses.
Perhaps one that presses againt the filler cap top itself would work, but
make sure the tip insert does NOT contact the battery plates. I have since used a
hydrometer for adding water and check levels every six months.
Rob Brueckner
1972 Hatteras Yachtfisherman
Rob, I use the water filler with spring-operated tip. It works just fine,
considerably speeds up the process of topping off the cells, and does NOT
touch the top of the plates. The tip has a flange that is slightly larger
than the diameter of the holes, to prevent the tip from extending too far
into the cell. Based on what others on the list describe as their number of
batteries, such as 16 for a house bank, I consider my housebank of 6 golf
cart types and my engine-starting bank of two 8D's to be fairly modest. But
even so, properly topping off 8 batteries, some in places slightly difficult
to reach, is significantly eased by using this filler.
A genuine caution that people should remember is that the tip of the filler
has been dipped into sulfuric acid and should not be touched at all.
Important to remember when removing the filler tip to put more distilled
water into the filler.
I think we can both agree that topping off the cells is important, yet
something that many put off for prolonged periods when it's a difficult task
to perform. I find the use of the filler you described considerably eases
the chore and let's me top off my 30 filler chambers quickly and neatly and
topping off is no longer a chore that I hate to do.
Bob Peterson
47' Lien Hwa CMY
"Lopaka Nane"
San Francisco
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Subject: T&T: Battery filler system: CAUTION
A reminder: One style of battery filler bottle has a spring operated tip
which is inverted and pressed against the battery to let water into the
battery cell. CAUTION!!!!
The tip of the filler bottle inserted inside the battery filler cap and
pressed against the top of the battery plates....bending and breaking them
and ruining several batteries in just a few uses.
Perhaps one that presses againt the filler cap top itself would work, but
make sure the tip insert does NOT contact the battery plates. I have since
used a hydrometer for adding water and check levels every six months.
Rob Brueckner
1972 Hatteras Yachtfisherman