[Gmcnet] battery water level..

[Ken Henderson]

Mike,

Most batteries these days have a tube leading down to the proper 
electrolyte level, with one or two vertical slots in its wall.  When the 
level is low, the surface of the liquid looks flat.  When the level 
reaches the bottom of the tube, the surface tension of the liquid 
"latches on" to the bottom of the tube, forming a meniscus (lens shape) 
which is very distinctively different from the flat surface.  The proper 
electrolye level is where the "blink" occurs.

HTH,

Ken H.

homebase homebase wrote:
> Netters
>
> I have 2  US Battery 145's both of which are 6 volts.
> My question is,  what should the water level be in them?  The plates are
> covered now, but how much over the plates or how far down from the speedy
> caps should the water be?
>
> Thanks folks
> Mike