pianotuna wrote:
Hi,
They don't boil. They gas. It is a huge difference.
Piano, you know it is gassing, I know it is gassing, but folks who work with batteries as the Fork Lift repair guy did still call it "Boiling the battery" I know this too cause.. Well I get around I guess.
It looks (Physically) like boiling so that is what they call it.
And I wondered how much those fork lift things weighed. True story: Borrowed one once for a ham club's field day, Took #1 in the state we did that year.. Used about 10% of the charge on the fork lift battery.
Automotive batteries do not have such a problem with stratification cause of the way they live, Bouncing down washboard road de-stratifies them as easily as boiling will.. And there are several other compromises made in "Maintenance free" designs. that result in more frequent replacement, but if you are paying by the hour, lower cost.
Many myths about batteries.. Few stand up to research.. Alternators (And generators before them) were/are both current and voltage regulated for example. They just do it differently. Some of them are rather advanced in how they regulate, some are not. Some could sense the difference between charging current and total output and adjust generator (This was a generator) output to limit charging current or total output as needed (you do not wish to charge too fast or burn out the generator). and this was back in the 1950's.
IN this case though I'm not researching.. I owned such a car.
