bill h
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Jerry B wrote:
What happens to the battery plates if the water/acid level goes down letting the oil contact the plates?
To begin with, the water level goes down much more slowly, so the oil is not likely to contact the plates if you do minimal maintenance.
If it does touch the plates, the efficiency of the top of the plate, where the oil coated them, will be compromised. However, the heating of charging and the mechanical stimulation of the normal bubbling and gassing during charging will help the oil float back up to the top after filling and a couple of charge cycles.
However, I would not use oil in any battery that got bounced around.
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There was a brand of battery on the market a few years ago, & they were very popular in new RV's. The brand name was Therm-oil ( I think). They were supplied as OEM batteries, but, with the cost of shipping they never could compete in the replacement market, as they did not have a national distribution presence. I had them in 2 coaches & they performed very well & stayed clean. I think they still sell their "oil" , but not batteries.
I just went to their website, makes interesting reading. Thermoil is one word.
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Gale Hawkins wrote:While we do not know what happened at least you got new batteries at no charge. The oil keeps down the splatter but should not kill any battery. It would be interesting to know what the store had to say about new batteries dying after four months.
I did not get new batteries at no charge. I was not at the place where I purchased them, I was 800 miles away and no one was going to "honor" a purchase from an out of area store, same company or not.
Time's a wastin'
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Gale Hawkins
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mombum wrote:Gale Hawkins wrote:While we do not know what happened at least you got new batteries at no charge. The oil keeps down the splatter but should not kill any battery. It would be interesting to know what the store had to say about new batteries dying after four months.
I did not get new batteries at no charge. I was not at the place where I purchased them, I was 800 miles away and no one was going to "honor" a purchase from an out of area store, same company or not.
That was tough then to eat new batteries. That is why I buy all my batteries at Wal-Mart because they have to date stood behind what they sell.
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mombum wrote:Gale Hawkins wrote:While we do not know what happened at least you got new batteries at no charge. The oil keeps down the splatter but should not kill any battery. It would be interesting to know what the store had to say about new batteries dying after four months.
I did not get new batteries at no charge. I was not at the place where I purchased them, I was 800 miles away and no one was going to "honor" a purchase from an out of area store, same company or not.
wal-mart would. 
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mombum
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Being the frugal person that I am, I always check Wally first for product and price. If Wally has 6 volt, deep cycle batteries, the stores I checked didn't know what I was talking about. So I end up either getting Universals for $104 each or T-105 Trojans for $124. Some choices, huh.
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Jerry B
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mombum wrote:Being the frugal person that I am, I always check Wally first for product and price. If Wally has 6 volt, deep cycle batteries, the stores I checked didn't know what I was talking about. So I end up either getting Universals for $104 each or T-105 Trojans for $124. Some choices, huh.
Sam's Club has them.
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Ok, I am very interested in this as I am having major battery corrosion problems around my batteries. Where do I find some good mineral oil for my batteries? And what brand is the best? Should I use 2oz per cell or 4oz per cell? These are Trojan 105's 6volt batteries.
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TMitchell
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I got 3-12 oz. bottles of Mineral oil at Walgreen. When I decided to add the oil, my batteries would only take 2 ozs. per cell. The corrosion problem, I had been fighting for 4 years, went away, so I figured 2 ozs. was enough and never didn't add the other bottle.
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RayChez
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I have been tempted to add the mineral oil, but I really have been scared to ruin the new house batteries. At $150.00 each it makes you think that it might not be a good thing to gamble. I got six years service on my original Interstate batteries and all I done was add distilled water and washed them every so often. But if I was to add the mineral oil it would be solely for the purpose of not adding distilled water as often.
I did call last year Interstate battery company to ask them about the mineral oil thing. The person that answered the phone said that years ago they used to sell a battery that had oil, but that they discontinued because of too many failures.
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