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Recycled Yellow Snow | 16 comments (16 topical, editorial)
Re: Recycled Yellow Snow (3.00 / 0) (#6)
by fungus (info@reenergy.co.uk) on Thu Mar 13th, 2008 at 10:10:39 AM MST
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Maybe it's DiHydrogen monoxide or Hydrogen Hydroxide, those could be dangerous in large amounts"
Hmm .. maybe I should check for them ... LOL :)

'Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.'-Albert Einstein
Fungus - www.reenergy.co.uk
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Re: Recycled Yellow Snow (3.00 / 0) (#7)
by ghurd on Thu Mar 13th, 2008 at 11:03:19 AM MST
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Crap.  My batteries have a lot of it in them.
The worst thing about that? I put it in there myself.
G-

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Re: Recycled Yellow Snow (3.00 / 0) (#8)
by TheCasualTraveler (a.miklos@yahoo.com) on Thu Mar 13th, 2008 at 11:22:49 AM MST
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     I had my wife, the health food queen, pretty worried about the DiHydrogen Monoxide in our food. I said don't worry honey, it needs to be a teaspoon or more to be dangerous.
Andy
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Re: Recycled Yellow Snow (3.00 / 0) (#9)
by Flux on Thu Mar 13th, 2008 at 11:24:04 AM MST
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I don't like the sound of that yellow stuff, what kills kids may not kill batteries but it isn't very inspiring.

Distilled, de mineralised or de ionised water is the normal choice. I don't think any form of filtering other than reverse osmosis will do any good.

In many areas spring water is fine but I wouldn't necessarily assume that bottled water is ok. Unless you have had previous experience or can get it analysed it may be risky.

In real life, batteries are not as fussy as some think, but certain minerals are definitely bad. Water from de frosting fridges and even rain water collected in plastic bowls is often ok, but rain water in polluted atmospheres or marine areas may not be so good.

Awkward in remote places, but most places have battery suppliers or maintenance people that normally keep something suitable in bulk.

At one time that battery manufacturers would analyse your local water to see if it was safe to use but that sort of service probably vanished long ago.

Flux

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