Hi Carl,
Unless you ordered special acid, these come shipped with SG of 1295
to cope with the deep cycling experienced by forklifts. I would suggest
balancing acid levels and adding enough distilled water to cover the plates, do
a charge and measure electrolyte SG's. That will tell you if you need to add
acid or H2O to get down to around 1250.
Shipping these with factory acid SG to the islands is not a great idea as the
higher acid concentration in those temperatures will cause more rapid grid
corrosion and premature failure. Diluting acid prolongs life but lowers
capacity.
Cheers,
Bruce
----- Original Message -----
From: Carl Emerson
To: 'RE-wrenches'
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 10:06 AM
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Acid spill...
Hi there,
I just shipped a largish bank of Exide BMPE19 flooded batteries to the
Islands.
On unloading, a pallet split and several cells lost electrolyte.
8 out of the 48 - 2V cells lost about 1/3 of their acid.
The question is would it be safe to even out the acid in the whole 48 cells
and then top up with distilled water?
Appreciate your collective wisdom.
Carl Emerson
Free Power Co.
Land line +64 9 473 4286
Mobile +64 22 630 9689
Email emer...@freepower.co.nz
Web www.freepower.co.nz
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