Battery water

**Skyryder** · 6th April 2005, 21:13

Anyone know where I can get some distilled water for a battery top up. Chemists use to sell this but all I can get from them is purified water and this is not the same.

Skyryder

**woody68** · 6th April 2005, 21:27

Try battery town or some like that.

**Sensei** · 6th April 2005, 21:35

You will need to get the right stuff from a battery shop If you put water into your battery you will water down the mix so you need to get a mix of water & acid from the Battery people or your battery will slowly shit it's self as there will be more water than Acid . Mate run's Auto shop & gives me made up stuff Perfect mixture . They have it in stock
SENSEI

**Skyryder** · 6th April 2005, 21:40

Thanks for that. Never thought of the obvious; a battery shop. Normaly go to Marshalls. Think they are still in buisiness

Skyryder

**Silage** · 6th April 2005, 21:44

Originally Posted by Skyryder

Anyone know where I can get some distilled water for a battery top up.

You live in Christchurch so just let a couple of litres run from your kitchen tap and the rest is as pure as a battery needs. How much difference to the life of a battery does it make?

Tap water is probably not so good in other cities with more metals and carbonates in their water.

**chickenfunkstar** · 6th April 2005, 21:48

Would rain water work?
I've put it in my car battery before, seemed to work fine.

**Motu** · 6th April 2005, 22:31

H2Go - one for you...one for me...one for you...one for me....

**Hitcher** · 6th April 2005, 22:57

Rainwater, H2Go, Evian, Kiwi Blue... It's all good.

**gman** · 9th April 2005, 21:27

rain water is all good for batterys but charge it up first then add the water.otherwise youll water the acid down too much and itll shit itself.

**Jeremy** · 9th April 2005, 22:03

Eh, water down the acid? That's a good one. Where do you think the acid goes in your battery, it can't evaporate. If you've managed to get lead deposits by letting the water level drop to far down then your battery is screwed anyway so you'll have to get a new one.

Rain water != distilled water.
H2Go != distilled water.
Tap water certainly isn't distilled water.

All of the above contain stuff that will precipitate with battery acid and you'll destroy your battery. If your having difficulty getting distilled water than ask your local garage, school or University if you can buy some off them (and where they get it from). If you are really really desperate than you can always distill it yourself. Go boil some water and collect the steam and wait for it to condense, it'll be slow as hell, but if your that desperate than go for it, just be careful.

**Skyryder** · 9th April 2005, 22:15

Got some from the science lab. I work as a groundsman at one of the local High schools. Just never thought of them. Now where's the ethynole alkahole I want to go faster.

Skyryder

**gav** · 9th April 2005, 23:34

Isnt boiled water as good as anything ie distilled?

**inlinefour** · 10th April 2005, 00:13

Sells distilled water esp for batteries. It comes in a sipper bottle which is rather handy for filling up the batteries through the small holes.
From my understanding, a new battery needs to be filled with acid, I don't remember the correct chemical composition at this time of day. Once a battery is allowed to run dry it will expire and you need to check that each cell is intact and the voltage, Modern batteries mostly are sealed units that require no top ups. Although I resisted for as long as I could, my last 2 batteries where sealed units and I have had no problems with them