I hate to say it but you get what you pay for - their brand distilled may be the first runs through systems producing other brand lines or lacking some final filtration. If it is purity you want pay the going rate for bottled water from the local drug store, etc.
I have another question - What about Ozone? Many bottled water products are finished with ozonation as final insurance keeping the product sterile until it is opened. I believe the bubbles seen clinging to the insides of a fresh gallon jug consist mostly of ozone. Is it harmless over long periods on lead plates of flooded batteries?
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[ Parent ]
I'm particularly concerned by reading the Material Saftey Data Sheet for the stuff...
http://www.dhmo.org/msdsdhmo.html_____________________________
Alan Sheets[ Parent ]
"Yellow Snow" Recycled or not, I'd walk around it, I don't want the girlfriends pets to have any issues with my boots! LOL :)
$0.02 :)
PS: Yellow, Glow under UV lights water, for my liquid cooled PC, (evil grin), That I call "Lost River Water", (two rivers drop into the lava rocks by our Atomic power plant, {First in the World, plant}, S.E. Idaho), so I claim my special water is from a cave I found out by the "Craters of The Moon". LOL!!! Then all I do is take normal distilled water and add a couple dollar store "High-Lighter" markers busted open and dropped in. Makes it a yellow/green tint but lights up big time under UV,(Black lights), running in the clear hoses inside my PC. ;)
Bugger. I thought I was the only one who had a small flask of dehumidified water. It's stored in a cupboard next to the flux spray.
Sorry... Couldn't help myself :)
Peter.[ Parent ]
I agree that label is useless.
Most kids already know you aren't supposed to eat the yellow snow.
:^)
[if you don't get the joke I ain't gonna explain it]Steven Fahey
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