[AT] desulphating battery chargers

[charlie hill]

Hi Ron,

Acid IS the electrolite used in the batteries in our tractors.
It is also possible to use stuff like salt water but acid is a lot more
effective/efficient.   The particular batteries used in our tractors are
refered to as lead/acid batteries.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ronald L. Cook" <rlcook at pionet.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] desulphating battery chargers


> All this yack about adding acid to a battery.  Are you really adding
> acid?  Or are you adding electrolyte?  There would be a difference, it
> seems and I would like to know which you are doing.  No arguments, just
> a question.
>
> Ron Cook
> Salix, IA
>
> charlie hill wrote:
>
> > Walt I never said to add acid to a battery.  I said dump it out, clean
it
> > out and put in new acid.   The only way the hydrometer can know if the
> > battery is charged (as you say) is to measure the specific gravity of
the
> > electrolite.  Water has a specific gravity of 1 Walt.  It is the
standard by
> > which all other specific gravities are measured.  The specific gravity
of
> > the electrolite is noting more than the weight of a given sample of the
of
> > the electrolite as determined by the float in the meter you have in your
> > tool box.  That meter doesn't know electricity from cow manure and if
you
> > mix up some cow manure in in water and suck it up in your hydrometer you
> > might get a solution of the right weight (specific gravity) to indicate
that
> > your battery is fully charged.  You might conclude that you can start
your
> > tractor by attaching cables to your manure pile.  I'll give you a clue.
It
> > won't work.
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> >
>
>
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