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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westend wrote:hohenwald48 wrote:You add acid, initially, as it is the source of sulfur/acid for the electrolyte. When a battery is tipped over, has gassed causing the plates to be exposed, or is habitually undercharged, there is sulphate on the plates. Sometimes, that sulfate can be recombined off the plates and back into solution.
So if the sulphur is on the plates why do you need to fill the battery with electrolyte in the first place? Just fill it with water and the plates will magically instill the sulphur needed to transform the water into electrolyte. :h
Of course, everyone is free to do what they wish with their over-turned batteries. I think I've posted enough here.
but when the OPs battery overturned and most/all of the sulfuric acid poured out, wouldn't 99% of the "sulphur" have been spilled or are you saying that only pure water spilled?
bumpy
