Battery accident!!
I bought a battery last summer, Group 27 deep cycle. I just found out that it tipped over and spilled the electrolyte. Most of the acid is gone. I have no idea of the state of the left over acid, e...
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bianchina3 wrote:Save your money. If you filled the battery with water and charged it substantially, the water has chemically changed to electrolyte (weak sulfuric acid). Dumping out the electrolyte and replacing it with stronger electrolyte won't make the battery better. It will only exchange less ions from the plates and that means store less electrical power.
So what specifically did was filled the battery with distilled water and tried to charge. It would "charge" but would not hold a charge and discharge very quickly. I have left it sitting for a month or so. I think what I will do is empty it and refill with acid and go from there. The worst that can happen is I wasted 20 bucks on some acid?
Ed
FWIW, at one time I managed a fleet of golf carts, each containing 6 X 6V batteries. That is over 300 batteries to maintain. I used acid and distilled water to maintain the electrolyte in these batteries. IOW, I have battery experience.
Good info on batteries here: Battery University
