Hello,
Recently, I was charging the 90Ah car battery, after fully charging its resting voltage was 12.7-12.8V, i.e. correctly, but I checked the level and density of the electrolyte, the density was ok, on the green field on the aerometer (1.26-1.27 I do not know if this aerometer is mega accurate or not, but it was on the green), but the electrolyte level was below the max and those markers under the L-shaped stoppers, so I added distilled water to the L edge.
The electrolyte density dropped to 1.21 -1.22 (white field, almost red, measured after closing the plugs, gently mixing and waiting 30 minutes) so I connected it back to charging, with a low current of 2A for 10h, after this time and waiting 2h after charging I checked again the quiescent voltage and electrolyte density, voltage about 12.8V, but the electrolyte density was still at 1.22.
What to do about it? Continue loading it? Can it increase the charging current to 1/10 of its capacity so that excess water evaporates? Buy some battery acid and thicken the solution?
Because it actually looks like it is too thin. The electrolyte is clean, transparent, so the battery should not be sulphated. Pulling it out for charging was not caused by the fact that it discharged and no longer had the strength to spin the starter only purely prophylactically because he was sitting in a car that was rarely fired.
Recently, I was charging the 90Ah car battery, after fully charging its resting voltage was 12.7-12.8V, i.e. correctly, but I checked the level and density of the electrolyte, the density was ok, on the green field on the aerometer (1.26-1.27 I do not know if this aerometer is mega accurate or not, but it was on the green), but the electrolyte level was below the max and those markers under the L-shaped stoppers, so I added distilled water to the L edge.
The electrolyte density dropped to 1.21 -1.22 (white field, almost red, measured after closing the plugs, gently mixing and waiting 30 minutes) so I connected it back to charging, with a low current of 2A for 10h, after this time and waiting 2h after charging I checked again the quiescent voltage and electrolyte density, voltage about 12.8V, but the electrolyte density was still at 1.22.
What to do about it? Continue loading it? Can it increase the charging current to 1/10 of its capacity so that excess water evaporates? Buy some battery acid and thicken the solution?
Because it actually looks like it is too thin. The electrolyte is clean, transparent, so the battery should not be sulphated. Pulling it out for charging was not caused by the fact that it discharged and no longer had the strength to spin the starter only purely prophylactically because he was sitting in a car that was rarely fired.