From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Wed Mar 08 2006 - 18:23:42 PST
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Closson" <glen_closson@earthlink.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Mutt Batteries 6TL
>I had to travel to three separate auto part stores to get enough
>electrolyte
> to fill my two 2HNs. The people in the stores were suspicious why I would
> need so much. I tried to explain, but they didn't buy it.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Glen
>
> "Chance favors the prepared mind." ~ Louis Pasteur
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
> Behalf
> Of David Bryant
> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 5:15 PM
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [MV] Mutt Batteries 6TL
>
>
> Most farm supply stores also carry the electrolyte in the cardboard boxes
> with plastic bags inside. That's where I got my new electrolyte when I
> treated my 6TLs with EDTA. It's been almost three years and they're still
> performing OK.
>
>
> David Bryant
> 1953 Dodge M-37
> 1965 Kaiser Jeep M-51A2
> 1967 Kaiser Jeep M-54A2
>
>
>
> --- On Wed 03/08, Arthur Bloom < m35prod@optonline.net > wrote:
> From: Arthur Bloom [mailto: m35prod@optonline.net]
> To: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
> Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 17:07:55 -0500
> Subject: Re: [MV] Mutt Batteries 6TL
>
> You need to put in acid. It usually is available at the store where you
> <br>bought the batteries.<br><br>You will always get a spark, when
> connecting a charger to a battery. The <br>strength of the spark is
> proportional to the voltage difference between the <br>battery and the
> charger. Fully charged batteries are at ~ 12.6 volts. <br>Chargers must
> put
> out 13.8 to 14.2 volts to overcome the resistance of the <br>batteries,
> and
> to get them to charge.<br><br>The correct procedure was stated in a
> previous
> post: Attach clips firmly, <br>THEN plug in charger, THEN turn on charger.
> Any loose connection, at the <br>terminals, even using this safe method,
> will create a spark, potentially <br>igniting the hydrogen gas. Always
> ventilate the area around the battery <br>before doing any of the above
> steps.<br><br>apb<br><br><br><br>----- Original Message ----- <br>From:
> "Bruce C. Beattie" <bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu><br>To: "Military Vehicles
> Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org><br>Sent:
> Wednesday, March 08, 2006 4:50 PM<br>Subject: Re: [MV] Mutt Batteries
> 6TL<br><br><br>|I am not sure whether you just have to put water in the
> dry
> batteries or<br>| you have to put<br>| electrolyte. I thought you just
> needed to put in water. But yes, you do<br>| need to put something<br>| in
> them before they become operational. i.e. they will not work
> dry.<br>|<br>|
> Bruce<br>|<br>|<br>| J.Wiehe wrote:<br>|<br>| >Stu et al,<br>| ><br>|
>>Perhaps I am missing something here.<br>| ><br>| >Are dry charged
>>batteries
> not supposed to be activated<br>| >with electrolyte ( acid ) before being
> put into service or<br>| >charged ?<br>| ><br>| >Also, Everette mentioned
> a
> problem when lying on top of<br>| >his battery box cover. On my M151A2 I
> have put some rubber<br>| >terminal covers that some surplus dealers have
> for sale. Names<br>| >of which I cannot think of at this time. But they
> are
> out there.<br>| ><br>| >Jim Wiehe<br>| >j.wiehe@sympatico.ca<br>| ><br>|
>><br>| >----- Original Message
> ----- <br>| >From: "Stu" <stuinnh@mvnut.us><br>| >To: "Military Vehicles
> Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org><br>| >Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006
> 1:54 PM<br>| >Subject: [MV] Mutt Batteries 6TL<br>| ><br>| ><br>| >I put 2
> new dry charge military batteries in my Mutt last summer. While<br>|
> >Mutt
> stored for winter they went dead. I put a 12v charger on to one of
> <br>the<br>| >batteries, and with + cable attached to battery, I am
> getting
> sparks from<br>| >the neg terminal when I put on the cable. Should it be
> doing that?<br>| ><br>| ><br>| ><br>| ><br>| >===Mil-Veh is a
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