car battery - really necessary to use distilled water??

missile

goldspanners wrote: »

not always true. some batteries exposed to long periods of high temperature will dry out.

Get real, how would this apply to an old car's battery in the UK? If OP is planning a trip accross the Kalahari Desert, I suggest she gets a sealed battery for her car. :rotfl:

Exposing a battery to long periods of high temperature would reduce it's life even more than topping it up with tap water.

cyclonebri1

sassy-one wrote: »

You are perfectly okay using tap water in a car battery that can be topped one, and if you really wanted to you could boil some tap water in a kettle

I 2nd the vote that in an old battery topping up with tap water will make precious little difference.

However sassy again hits the spot again with a garbage post:mad:

The only way boiling water is of any use is if you condense and collect the steam produced, not a problem but don't get the idea that boiling water alters it's properties in anyway.

goldspanners

missile wrote: »

Get real, how would this apply to an old car's battery in the UK? If OP is planning a trip accross the Kalahari Desert, I suggest she gets a sealed battery for her car. :rotfl:

Exposing a battery to long periods of high temperature would reduce it's life even more than topping it up with tap water.

i don't know if your aware but theres usually an engine under the bonnet of most cars, these engine things aren't to economical they wastes a lot of its energy in heat,some batteries are poorly positioned over sources of heat,this causes them to dry out.

i also wasn't aware this forum was restricted to uk readers only.

seriosuly though, i work on vehicles that work in dry warm conditions,combined with thier battery sitting over the exhaust area this causes the batteries to dry out very quickly. they need topping up once or twice a month.

wealdroam

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

The only way boiling water is of any use is if you condense and collect the steam produced, not a problem but don't get the idea that boiling water alters it's properties in anyway.

No, sorry Bri.. you can't be right.

In post #20 I said something similar...

wealdroam wrote: »

You are nearly there with the boiling water idea.
If you boil water, then condense the steam, then that condensate is perfect for topping up batteries, etc. After all, it is distilled water.

In fact, boiling the water only produces a water with more 'hardness' than before. Steam is water without impurities, so the longer you boil it, the harder the water you are left with.

But in post #22 Sassy 'corrected' me...

sassy-one wrote: »

Excuse me??!
May I draw you to the forum rules - this is a open and free forum, anyone, can post anytime they wish.
I have a life thank you, may be it's you who needs to get one, as you appear to be replying to all my posts

Take note, I said 'may be' - unlike you, stating facts when you obvious do not know.

I will use this forum as much, and as when I like, you don't like it, lump it! :T
<snip yet more carp>

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

cyclonebri1

wealdroam wrote: »

No, sorry Bri.. you can't be right.

In post #20 I said something similar...


But in post #22 Sassy 'corrected' me...

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I wish someone would **** sassy, male or female :D:D:D;)

vaio

From an earlier thread........

vaio wrote: »

we really really need this button

missile

goldspanners wrote: »

i don't know if your aware but theres usually an engine under the bonnet of most cars, these engine things aren't to economical they wastes a lot of its energy in heat,some batteries are poorly positioned over sources of heat,this causes them to dry out.

i also wasn't aware this forum was restricted to uk readers only.

seriosuly though, i work on vehicles that work in dry warm conditions,combined with thier battery sitting over the exhaust area this causes the batteries to dry out very quickly. they need topping up once or twice a month.

I am a qualified engineer :A You are a qualified mechanic?

The post is about topping up the battery in "a very old petrol car (N reg)". You will not find many of those in the Kalahari.

cyclonebri1

wealdroam wrote: »

What a load of....Sassy???

Sassy, why have you posted on this nearly two years old thread?

You have averaged over eighty posts a day over the last couple of days. Get a life!

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It's the scattergun approach, if you fire enough shots eventually you will get one right :rotfl:;)

wealdroam

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

...eventually you will het one right :rotfl:;)

We can but live in hope.

NiallB

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

It's the scattergun approach, if you fire enough shots eventually you will het one right :rotfl:;)

You'd think so wouldn't you? Apparently the Law of Averages is broken this week