Water

[GeeMac]

Is distilled bottled water in the supermarket good enough to used to top off lead acid batteries?

[Tritium]

I don't see why it wouldn't be. I use RO processed water for mine though.

Thurmond

[scottsAI]

GeeMac,

Yes, distilled bottled water is what you should be using to top off a flooded lead acid battery.

If using RO, depending on your source water, best if run through a deionizer before using the water. If your source water is low in minerals before RO, deionizer may not be necessary.

Have fun,

Scott.

[jimjjnn]

What is RO?

[zap]

I think they're referring to Reverse Osmosis.

[jimjjnn]

ZAP, Thank you

[zap]

You bet Jim.

Nice weather eh?  Should help with the Xcel bill!

[Jimmy D]

Hello GeeMac,

Where I live in Ontario we need a dehumidifier, I've always used the accumulated water for car batteries and more recently for my RE bank. Not many minerals in humidity and it's free

Jim

[Capt Slog]

If you're going to do this, make sure that the water doesn't come into contact with metals.  The brief contact on the elements when it condenses wont hurt, but keeping it in metal containers (a tray that catched the condensate?) can leach that metal into the water. OK, it's not a lot, but it is there and I don't know how much metal will affect a battery.

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