[AT] Batteries

Brad Gunnells brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu
Wed May 24 12:36:59 PDT 2006


Every battery that I ever dealt with had one filler hole per 2 volts  
of battery. 12 volt battery had 6 caps, and a 6 volt had 3. Even the  
"maintenance free" batteries often have tops that will pop off  
allowing you to see the level and add water if needed.

Brad

On May 24, 2006, at 2:18 PM, D. Day wrote:

> Other than lifting them in and out of old tractors, I don't have  
> much to do
> with batteries.  They never seem to have any wording on the label to
> identify the voltage.  What is an easy way to identify 6, 8 and 12  
> volt
> batteries?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dick
>
>
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