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T&T: Battery equalization & Hydrocaps

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Date: Wed Jun 02 2004 - 11:50:23 EDT

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    See the post from Steve Dashew as follows:

    Do Hydrocaps Really Work?
    by Steve Dashew
    July 14 , 2001
    BEOWULF has been sitting at Atlantic Yacht Basin in Norfolk, VA for the
    past two months. She's had her Trace inverter connected to shore power,
    acting as a battery charger. Before we left her we topped off the
    batteries.

    We've been using Hydrocaps for 15 years to reduce battery water
    consumption and help keep the battery tops and terminals clean of acid
    buildup. They seem to work, but it is always nice to know for sure. So
    we decided to conduct a "scientific" experiment. We replaced one of the
    Hydrocaps with a normal cap. This morning, when I checked battery water
    level the 11 Hydrocaps were topped off. However, the single cell with a
    normal cap is showing the top of its plates--Hey, these things really do
    work!

    On a related subject, the battery tops were spotless nine months ago.
    They still are. That's also a function of the battery caps, and the fact
    that all terminals are heavily coated in Vasoline.

    Contact Info: Hydro Caps
    975 NorthWest 95th Street
    Miami Fla 33150 USA US phone 305-696-2504

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    Subject: Re: T&T: Battery equalization

    Hydrocaps? Got URL or other info?

    On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 wrote:

    > Another approach is to avoid altogether the pitfalls and hazards of
    > equalization, pressing the wrong switch, gassing, etc. Instead install

    > add Pulse units and put Hydrocaps on your batteries - also saves the
    > labor of topping up. Two years now and only one small top up needed on

    > my 4 Rolls Big Reds.
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