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Distilled Water for the Battery
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Distilled Water for the Battery
Do all of you still use distilled water for the battery? If so, where do you get it - drugstore? bottled drinking water (like Evian)? well water?Somewhere else? Thanks - Al D
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Re: Distilled Water for the Battery
Grocery store or drug store should have distilled water.
I use tap water.
I use tap water.
I have an excuse. CRS.
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Re: Distilled Water for the Battery
I use distilled water from the grocery store. Less than a dollar per gallon.
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Re: Distilled Water for the Battery
Grocery store...but it's right next to the mineral and "filtered" waters...make sure it is distilled, if that is what you want. It's what I TRY to use.
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Re: Distilled Water for the Battery
if you ever fixed or scrapped out a dehumidifier, you wouldn't think the water was distilled. I use tap water with a low mineral content and neutral ph. Had one battery last 15 years.I used a hand crank to start and ran the ignition on battery with no generator -- just hit the charger to "top it off" before heading out. I think the water issue was from years ago when people filled a tin can with stream water to fill their batteries and radiators. I saw a few rocks in the water jacket of an old engine once during a tear down.
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Re: Distilled Water for the Battery
I use distilled water on sale. Small bottles are easier to pour. Those cheap lawn tractor batteries used to last me about a year....sometimes. They last 3 and 4 years now. Have a lot of lime in the water here in middle Tennessee. Makes a differance here.
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Re: Distilled Water for the Battery
Use distilled water in a battery. Anything else will reduce the longevity.
Mike
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Re: Distilled Water for the Battery
Given what our well water does to pipes, I use distilled for batteries and radiators. Things harmful to those are not necessarily bad for people. Water from dehumidifiers at my house is used to water plants.
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Re: Distilled Water for the Battery
Distilled water is mineral and particulate free. Any electrochemical cell will be damaged by regular water. I've been around fuel cells long enough to know that you are significantly reducing the life of your battery if you use water out of the tap.
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Re: Distilled Water for the Battery
Some can use tap water, but ONLY if it is "soft" and very mineral-free. In many parts of the country, there is a lot of lime and sulfur in the water - so avoid! But distilled is cheap enough, and a gallon will last a long time.
Jay Smith
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Next, replacement of old parts (radiator, seals, etc.) + painting.
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