Company Info Home About U. Battery Mfg. Battery Manufacturing Co. GA, Evans Office U. GA, Augusta Office U. OK Learn more. Cookie and Privacy Settings. How we use cookies. Essential Website Cookies. Google Analytics Cookies. Other external services. Battery sulfation. Learn everything you need to know about battery maintenance. Starter batteries, semi-traction batteries, traction batteries and even stationary batteries all need maintenance to perform to their full potential.
Regularly perform the three essential maintenance tasks we outline here to optimise the performance and reliability of your lead-acid batteries. The fluid in your lead-acid battery is called electrolyte. When your battery charges, the electrolyte heats up and some of the water evaporates.
During a process called electrolysis, the water breaks down into hydrogen and oxygen gases that dissipate. The result? The electrolyte level in the battery lowers over time. If the electrolyte level is too low, the plates in the battery cells are exposed and will suffer damage.
In addition, the sulphuric acid will be more concentrated. This means you need to replace the electrolyte.
This is how you do it. How do you know when to add water to your battery? You could constantly check your battery, or every battery in every machine in your fleet, but this is horribly time consuming and there are easier approaches. Indicators are specifically designed to check the battery water level for you. They notify you whenever your battery needs to be topped up. How often you add water to your battery will depend on how often you use it. A golf cart battery that is only used on the weekends may only require once a month watering.
A forklift used all day, every day, may need to have its battery watered every week. When the weather is hot, this will increase the need for watering. Avoid using tap water. Tap water contains minerals that are harmful to batteries, even if added in small amounts. This is particularly true for water softened by water softeners which contain chlorides. To be safe, distilled water is your best bet and is a much smaller investment than a new battery. Remember, that water will sit on top of the acid solution in your battery until it is mixed by the bubbling produced by charging.
Keep it watered during hot months and all year long. Only distilled water should be used to fill low water levels. Bottled or Tap? The answer is no, according to an auto electrician. The best way to fill a battery is with deionised, demineralised or distilled water. The minerals in the tap water coats the plates and fills the pores, so they are no longer in contact with water, but with the minerals, which causes the over working of the battery.
The biggest difference between bottled water and distilled water is that bottled water is meant for drinking and distilled water is not. This is because of the mineral content of each form of water, which is determined by the way in which these products are filtered or purified. Fill a stainless steel pot halfway full of water and place a glass or metal bowl inside, letting it float.
Cover the pot with an upside down lid and cover it with ice cubes. Immediately turn the element on and let it get the water heat up or boil for 45 minutes, replacing the ice as needed.
Brita filtered water is not the same as distilled water.
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