House batteries
I think it’s about time to replace the house batteries again and I’m getting tired of checking water levels. I currently have four six volt liquid filled batteries. What’s the best sealed battery t...
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kdk wrote:
As an engineer from nation interstate explained to me when that as a battery is charging the gas bubbles reach the surface of the electrolyte and burst microscopic droplets of electrolyte spray up to the cell cap and is forced through the vent causing loss of electrolyte and corrosion.
That sounds right to me......partly.
He should have gone on to explain that the TINY bubbles created during "normal" charging won't cause anything to escape and if you are having a corrosion problem you NEED to check your charging voltage because it probably is too high.
