artjacobs
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Just go with distilled water in future,the harm from one top off with sodium free water should not do as much damage to your batteries as the time you left a light on overnight. Still haven't heard how you got the wife to check battery water level?
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bkirkpatrick
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artjacobs wrote:Just go with distilled water in future,the harm from one top off with sodium free water should not do as much damage to your batteries as the time you left a light on overnight. Still haven't heard how you got the wife to check battery water level? Ok, we have a 99 Chevy 2500 Suburban Turbo Diesel that would not start. So after hammering a way on the starter for a while, it started to die. Son in law says let's check the batteries. Pops off the caps for both batteries and he says they could use some water. Wife grabs the bottled water in the garage and my blind son in law filled the batteries all the way to the top. So it was a tag team effort. Something that could have clearly waited until I got home since it is really our backup car with cob-webs on it.
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Bernadette Shoe
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bkirkpatrick wrote:artjacobs wrote:Just go with distilled water in future,the harm from one top off with sodium free water should not do as much damage to your batteries as the time you left a light on overnight. Still haven't heard how you got the wife to check battery water level? Ok, we have a 99 Chevy 2500 Suburban Turbo Diesel that would not start. So after hammering a way on the starter for a while, it started to die. Son in law says let's check the batteries. Pops off the caps for both batteries and he says they could use some water. Wife grabs the bottled water in the garage and my blind son in law filled the batteries all the way to the top. So it was a tag team effort. Something that could have clearly waited until I got home since it is really our backup car with cob-webs on it.
You know, if your batteries were missing so much fluid to start with, then most likely they were already somewhat damaged. Letting the plates exposed to air can cause irreparable damages. So you ain't losing much after all.
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I don't know how "low" they really were. They are 2 years old and the water bottle was already opened. The only confession I could get was that they were a little low. I am not really sweating it. Just wanted to know how much faster it was going to expedite the funeral (of the batteries).
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Bernadette Shoe
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bkirkpatrick wrote:I don't know how "low" they really were. They are 2 years old and the water bottle was already opened. The only confession I could get was that they were a little low. I am not really sweating it. Just wanted to know how much faster it was going to expedite the funeral (of the batteries).
It is a little unusual for a 2 yr old battery to have plates exposed. Given how little info you have, I would be inclined to think that they didn't add as much water as first suggested. So I would guess that you might be fine for some years to come. Anyway the batteries will not die overnight.
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All batteries are a little low if the goal is to fill it to the top 
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Cut off her dessert at denney's until a new batt is paid for 
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