[Gmcnet] battery water level..

[Matt Colie]

Homebase wrote on Wed, 13 August 2008 18:40
> 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
> 
> -- 
> Mike Beaton
> Antigonish, NS
> 1977 Kingsley 26-11

Mike, 

Good Choice.   

If the plates are covered, the battery is in no danger of damage.

There is a neck inside the fill cap opening with one or two slots cut in (I don't remember which just now).   The design liquid level is a the bottom of that neck.  You can see when the electolyte touches that.  It is pretty easy to see if you look in there.  It is about 1-1/4" down.  If you over fill a cold battery by 1/4", it won't matter.

Matt Colie 

 
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'73 Glacier 23 Chaumiere (say show-me-air) 
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