[AT] desulphating battery chargers

[Ronald L. Cook]

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
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> Charlie
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