Comments on: Automatic Battery Watering http://www.green-trust.org/wordpress/2008/10/01/automatic-battery-watering/ Living Sustainably Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:18:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: KCouger http://www.green-trust.org/wordpress/2008/10/01/automatic-battery-watering/comment-page-1/#comment-413 KCouger Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:57:01 +0000 http://www.green-trust.org/wordpress/?p=617#comment-413 When T. Edison invented the wet cell battery one of the features was to use his battery oil to keep evaporation down. Google "Edison's battery oil" and see what you come up with--discarding the bottle collector sites. Back when, I had a RV that used 4 Deep Cycle "house" batteries. Early on I lowered the electrolyte solution enough to add 4 oz. of mineral oil, to each cell, and then topped off with enough electrolyte to bring the level up to "full" level. After four years there was virtually NO corrosion on top an the batteries and I only had to add distilled water maybe once or twice a year. Go here for a manufacturer that supplies batteries and supplies (LOTTA information on this site: http://www.thermoilbatteries.com/ Caveat: I have NO affiliation with the Thermoil company. Comments anyone? Ken C. When T. Edison invented the wet cell battery one of the features was to use his battery oil to keep evaporation down. Google “Edison’s battery oil” and see what you come up with–discarding the bottle collector sites.

Back when, I had a RV that used 4 Deep Cycle “house” batteries. Early on I lowered the electrolyte solution enough to add 4 oz. of mineral oil, to each cell, and then topped off with enough electrolyte to bring the level up to “full” level.

After four years there was virtually NO corrosion on top an the batteries and I only had to add distilled water maybe once or twice a year.

Go here for a manufacturer that supplies batteries and supplies (LOTTA information on this site:
http://www.thermoilbatteries.com/

Caveat: I have NO affiliation with the Thermoil company.

Comments anyone?
Ken C.

]]> By: simon mallett http://www.green-trust.org/wordpress/2008/10/01/automatic-battery-watering/comment-page-1/#comment-411 simon mallett Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:40:01 +0000 http://www.green-trust.org/wordpress/?p=617#comment-411 Hi Battery Monitor and Automatic Watering, wish I had seen the site ages ago, very interesting. I also generate using wind and solar PV but am grid tie (in the UK we don't have many isolated areas, I'm about as isolated as you can get in Kent). What I want to move towards is grid tie as a normal state but with limited battery backup so that as and when we have power cuts - or worse, I can continue with a minimal system. With teh grid tie, as soon as my mains power cuts out, so does all my own generation. My site: www.solarkent.co.uk Hi Battery Monitor and Automatic Watering, wish I had seen the site ages ago, very interesting. I also generate using wind and solar PV but am grid tie (in the UK we don’t have many isolated areas, I’m about as isolated as you can get in Kent).

What I want to move towards is grid tie as a normal state but with limited battery backup so that as and when we have power cuts – or worse, I can continue with a minimal system. With teh grid tie, as soon as my mains power cuts out, so does all my own generation.
My site: http://www.solarkent.co.uk

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