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Re: Hose clamps..
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:43:59 -0400
...these precipitates, leaving these areas vulnerable to corrosive >attack in certain electrolytes.** Reheating a welded component >during multi-pass welding is a common cause...
Re: Nervous about heads
Historical mailing list
Wed, 8 Jan 1997 20:03:00 -0800
...This is aided by electrolytes in the water -- even in soft water. Pure water is almost a non-conductor of electricity. Dangling a zinc...
Re: Sure Power 1315 question > monitoring battery
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:24:22 -0800
...the electrolyte in > question is also called "battery acid" -- I'm know I'm too spastic to be > trusted around that stuff. > > ============ > * I've...
Re: Sure Power 1315 question > monitoring battery
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:23:26 -0600
...the electrolyte in > question is also called "battery acid" -- I'm know I'm too spastic to be > trusted around that stuff. > > ============ > * I've...
Re: Vanagon - old heads - leaks -alum. seal products $3
Historical mailing list - dneu
Sun, 9 Jun 2002 16:42:36 -0700
...When dissimilar metals come in contact with each other in the presence of an electrolyte (coolant), electrolytic cooroision takes place. I had to throw...
Re: Starters and batteries
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Sat, 31 Mar 2018 14:48:31 -0600
...Not like a bomb but electrolyte everywhere. As for the 2nd batter it really depends on the method of isolation-control. But really if...
Re: Electronic Rust Protection?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 8 Aug 2001 10:35:07 -0400
...can provide a sufficiently continuous electrolyte medium for this method to have any effect. >I don't think so. > >Then I want to know...
Re: Alternator regulator voltage tolerances #
Historical mailing list - John
Sat, 5 Aug 2000 16:21:30 -0400
...3) If the electrolyte is accessible, charge the battery until all cells show 1.260 SG @ 80*F. If sealed, fully charge to maintenance...
Re: Coolant pipes replacement
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:59:47 -0700
...chimes in with stray current problems in marinas, > I understand their can be funny things going on with electrolytes, > dissimilar metals, relative sizes of...
another discussion point on coolant system corrosion
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:00:00 -0700
...stainless bolts in an aluminium structure, and if there is an electrolyte (salt air, coolant etc), then the more noble stainless will gain electrons...
Battery Myths-including deep cycles
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:32:14 +0000
...Deep cycle batteries will need to be off gassed to stir the electrolyte so the acid does not stratify at the bottom. Stratification causes...
Re: Estimates for service - is it not the law in all states?
Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
Sun, 4 Sep 2005 10:49:01 -0500
...The fault could be anything from the electrolyte level in the battery is low (a very inexpensive job), or it could be that there...
Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:51:53 -0500
...In this case, a potassium salt is added to distilled water to make an electrolyte. A 110v AC transformer/inverter produces a 12 amp...
What I Learned from Trojan Battery's tech support guy
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Sat, 29 Oct 2011 07:37:15 -0700
...battery on float with a tender, and whether stratification of the electrolyte would be a problem either way? He said it didn't matter...
Re: Subject: Re: Want to paint camper roof
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 14 May 2002 22:03:55 -0700
...If an electrolyte is present, the Aluminium rivet will corrode as the anode. Use stainless rivets or nuts and bolts Alistair -- '82 Westy -> diesel...
Re: Interstate Batteries Researched & Purchased
Historical mailing list
Thu, 16 Nov 1995 10:05:20 -0800
...Look around for a marine battery with a gelled electrolyte. This will give you the benefit of a case as it will be completely...
Re: Battery placement alternatives
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 13:24:09 -0700
...Overcharging will produce, through electrolysis of the water in the electrolyte, hydrogen and oxygen. You can see this when you charge with caps off...
Re: optima batteries that fit under the driver's seat Optima Quality!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:35:31 -0500
...Probably the major cause of failure is them venting, losing some electrolyte and the mats drying out. There are applications where these are an...
Re: 130Amp alternator upgrade?
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 27 Jun 2001 23:47:01 -0700
...water loss equalization = controlled overcharge, done periodically to help mix up electrolyte. Not to be done on sealed or gel cell batteries. Replacing the...
Re: Starters and batteries
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Sat, 31 Mar 2018 19:22:13 -0300
...Not like a bomb but electrolyte everywhere. As for the 2nd batter it really depends on the method of isolation-control. But really if...
Re: Battery Woes/Choice
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:03:20 -0400
...Once they vent the lost electrolyte can�t be replaced. They do dry out and they can�t be equalized or de-sulfated without...
Re: Battery Woes/Choice
Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:31:49 -0700
...accurate handle on it by checking the specific gravity of the electrolyte with a hydrometer. The wiki has some possibly useful stuff, at http...
Re: Hydrogen help for the Vanagons
Historical mailing list - robby kilborn
Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:48:10 -0500
...The water is no longer 'water' because it has electrolyte added. The trial and error process of using the right electrolyte has been the...
Re: Battery dead AGAIN!!!!
Historical mailing list - Jack
Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:15:54 -0800
...Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> > If "excessive" current is applied to a lead acid battery, the > electrolyte (sulfuric acid) will bubble. What's actually...
Re: Westy battery charger
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sun, 11 Jan 2015 12:11:09 -0800
...It happens when the electrolyte gets > below the grids and a spark is generated inside the battery, usually > during charging or jumping. The Hydrogen...
Re: Any experience with electronic rust prevention?
Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
Thu, 25 Jan 2001 17:57:44 EST
...pipelines are buried in dirt both of which are much better electrolytes than air. Even if one of these widgets worked as well as...
Re: Do I Need A New Battery?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 21 Apr 2001 16:33:35 -0500
...Fourth, check the electrolyte level in the battery cells. If low, add distilled water only, and use a squeeze bottle to deliver the water...
Re: Hose clamps..
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:00:53 -0500
...these precipitates, leaving these areas vulnerable to corrosive attack >in certain electrolytes.** Reheating a welded component during >multi-pass welding is a common cause...
Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:37:05 -0400
...A 110v AC transformer/inverter produces a 12 amp current > through the electrolyte and hydrogen gas and oxygen gas is released. > There is a...
Re: Coolant pipes replacement
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:17:52 -0400
...chimes in with stray current problems in marinas, >>I understand their can be funny things going on with electrolytes, >>dissimilar metals, relative sizes of...
Re: Costco Group 47 - cheap aux battery option
Historical mailing list - Troy
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:42:26 -0800
...of time. > > The starting battery has porous plates so the maximum electrolyte to > plate contact is available for high current applications. The plate > surface...
Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:37:15 -0700
...Temperature changes can cause the > vents to weep and once the electrolyte is lost it can not be replaced. > Most cell failures are the...
Re: The good trickle charger
Historical mailing list - Mark Edwards
Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:37:31 -0600
...That will keep the battery from losing any of its charge, and its not really enough to boil off any of the electrolyte. If...
Re: Westy battery charger
Historical mailing list - Barry Cotter
Sat, 10 Jan 2015 13:05:13 -0800
...I can charge my 7.5 AH Honda 70 battery without boiling the electrolyte. I can test a starter motor on the bench. (Which...
Re: Flooded Cell Deep Cycle Battery De-sulphation. Risky?
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:09:29 -0700
...any soft sulphate, carries a lot of inherent risk. (i.e. electrolyte boil over or worse) From reading elsewhere, AFAIK, this mode likely uses...
Re: How do you tell how much juice a battery has/?
Historical mailing list - Erik Lundberg
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:56:01 -0800
...at 12:09 PM, Al Knoll wrote: > specific gravity of the electrolyte at a particular temperature will give > you what you seek > wont work...
Re: Battery Woes/Choice
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:20:11 -0700
...accurate handle on it by checking the > specific gravity of the electrolyte with a hydrometer. > > The wiki has some possibly useful stuff, at > > http...
Re: How do you tell how much juice a battery has/?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:35:08 -0800
...I know the electrolyte is the real way to know for certain but I'm looking for a way that will not be such...
Re: Need Someone to test a Battery Saver
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 10 Oct 2010 23:33:09 -0400
...A cycle is anytime the SOC falls below 50% or it is charged above 80% to the point of off gassing/mixing the electrolyte...
Re: Deep Cycle Batteries-Typo
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:08:22 -0400
...Temperature changes can cause the >vents to weep and once the electrolyte is lost it can not be replaced. >Most cell failures are the...
Re: Camping Battery
Historical mailing list - Bob Bellanca
Mon, 21 Jul 1997 22:38:21 -0700
...The plates are what react with the electrolyte to produce power, being an electro-chemical reaction. Also, being very thin, these plates have a...
Group-41 deep cycle gel-cel battery -payback.
Historical mailing list - Clark M. Carr
17 Apr 97 02:44:05 EDT
...There are no corrosive acid fumes or potential for electrolyte spillage. Deep Discharge Protected: Defined by stating that after 29 days of deep discharge...
Re: Reconditioned Battery Opinions?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:56:01 -0700
...some type of electrolysis that goes on inside the battery...the electrolyte inside is no longer acid, in a totally discharged state, it becomes...
fuel tank de-rusting
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Sat, 9 Aug 2008 22:38:19 -0400
...For the electrolyte, I tried to find washing soda but was unsuccessful. I used lye (NaOH), sold as drain cleaner. Careful with this stuff...
Re: Optima Batteries
Historical mailing list - John Anderson
Thu, 23 Mar 2000 12:49:17 -0500
...I think at that time, they were in point of fact still vented batteries but with the gelled electrolyte on the fiberglass mesh they...
Re: What I Learned from Trojan Battery's tech support guy
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:54:14 -0600
...battery on float with a tender, and whether stratification of the electrolyte would be a problem either way? He said it didn't matter...
Re: Another Primary Battery Option
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:46:22 -0500
...Anything that makes them vent makes them loose some electrolyte until one or more cells dry up. That's it mate! Getting 4 years...
Re: Battery placement alternatives
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 15:59:29 -0500
...produced. > > > Overcharging will produce, through electrolysis of the water in the > electrolyte, hydrogen and oxygen. You can see this when you charge > with caps...
Re: Delay on charge/o2sensor indicators after starting..?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Mon, 2 Jan 2017 11:39:48 -0800
...Part of > their function is to operate at lower charge voltages, off gas while losing > less electrolyte, and last for some reasonable length of...
Re: Power drain
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Sat, 22 Sep 2001 13:08:35 EDT
...Take a voltage reading, check the electrolyte level, charge the battery (with ground strap off), and then let the battery rest for 24 hours...
Re: Battery Woes/Choice
Historical mailing list - Taeke
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:22:14 -0400
...Once they vent the lost electrolyte can�t be replaced. They do dry out and they can�t be equalized or de-sulfated without...
Re: Trickle charging battery with 1.8W solar panel = failure
Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:14:34 -0500
...any discharge but not overheat the battery and cook off the electrolyte. Even if one of these chargers was drawing 2 W average from...
Re: fuel tank de-rusting
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:16:38 -0500
...in rolls for use as a >moisture barrier, etc). > >For the electrolyte, I tried to find washing soda but was >unsuccessful. I used lye...
Re: Cold Start
Historical mailing list
Wed, 12 Oct 94 10:02:50 PDT
...3.1) The recipiant battery needs to have correct electrolyte level, be clean, well connected, etc. 3.2) Connect negative to negative first, at...
Re: Making a 12v battery charger from a peecee power supply
Historical mailing list - Steve W
Sat, 6 Dec 2003 09:56:02 -0800
Hello, Unless you want to measure the specific gravity or your electrolyte on a constant basis it is good to be very carefull in...
Solar power question..semi-vanagon related...
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:45:35 -0800
...the connections and also found one battery was pretty low on electrolyte...topped that up. I have just a crappy LED battery charge indicator...
Re: Westy battery charger
Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:31:19 -0500
...I can charge my 7.5 AH Honda 70 battery without boiling the electrolyte. I can test a starter motor on the bench. (Which...
Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:01:44 -0700
...A 110v AC transformer/inverter produces a 12 amp current > > through the electrolyte and hydrogen gas and oxygen gas is released. > > There is a...
Fw: [KG] Needed Tools
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Mon, 13 Nov 2000 14:10:04 -0700
...A large motor mount prying tool that > >inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on one end. > > > >BATTERY ELECTROLYTE TESTER: A handy tool for...
Re: NVC Batteries and recycling, was Re: [retitled thread] Odyessy batteries from GoWesty, other deep cy
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:19:14 -0400
...The plastic case is easily separated from the lead after "smelting" and the electrolyte is processed to make more. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...