Did this harm my batteries?
I once left my disconnect switch on in my TT when I was storing it, and when I came back a few weeks later, the batteries were down to a couple of lights on the control panel. I disconnected and we p...
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mena661 wrote:
5 mins is too much time? It takes me 5 mins to check all 12 cells in my bank but I usually only sample 2 from each pair. No need to do all of them everytime because the batts are performing as they should. I don't see how it's messy. I take the sample, hold it over the cell, read it, then squeeze the acid back in. Where's the messy part?
I guess if you have the process really down it is not so bad. I had trouble with air bubbles causing inconsistent readings and was thumping the tube to make sure I had the right number of balls floating. Acid would drip off the end of the pickup tube when I was thumping it so that had to be wiped up. Then when I was through there was residual acid in the hydrometer that I could not seem to get rid of. I probably was not motivated enough to refine my measurement process especially when the voltage measurement technique seems to be working just fine for me. I have seen other posts on this forum that are not too fond of using hydrometers.
Dick
