[T2] Battery overflow on charge

[Jim Denton]

When charging a cold or fairly dead battery you want to get the electrode
level above the plates but not up to the fill line.  Once the battery is
fully charged and hot from changing you can then fill it further if need
be.


On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 2:26 AM, John Kolak <jkolak at gmail.com> wrote:

> I topped off a battery that had been sitting for a while to see if it
> would hold a charge, filling to the bottom of the eye tubes as usual.
>
> But this time after charging overnight all of the cells overflowed
> leaving a nice acid mess on the garage floor. Now all the cells are
> only about half an inch below the top of the filler holes.
>
> Anyone have any idea why this happened?
>
> John
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