Distilled water into the battery how to fill. Normal, boiled and filtered water into the battery. Is it possible to pour and what will happen? What can be addressed if there is no distilled water

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The car is not alive, but capricious. Everyone knows that bad gasoline Or the diesel, antifreeze and oil in it will not fill. But after all, he needs the right - distilled! We understand how to use it with maximum benefit For your iron horse.

Many are perplexed, looking at the bottle with transparent liquid, marked "GOST 6709-72": they say, is it just water, how can it cost so expensive? It is impossible to drink it even!

Only here distilled water is not simple water, and purified by distillation through the distiller. It contains at least impurities and has low specific electrical appliances. That is why it is indispensable when servicing the car, and it is not necessary to save on it.

We offer four ways to use distilled water:

1. Top the distilled water into batteries

Pulling the water into the battery when swinging electrolyte - an ordinary, but very responsible procedure. Only distilled water should be used as the diluent, otherwise the battery life will be reduced by more than 2-3 times.

The fluid that is filled with a battery is a solution of sulfuric acid with additives, expensive and complex components like self-discharge inhibitors, barium salts and strontium. These additives in the electrolyte retain parts in pristine clean and provide stable work Battery.

Conventional water contains calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc salts and other impurities - almost half of the Mendeleev table! If you add it to the battery, a fragile chemical equilibrium will break. The plates of the electrodes will cover the flare, the battery will begin to "fool" - badly charged and not to keep the current. Because of this, problems will begin with the launch.

2. Dilute antifreeze distilled water when the cooling fluid is dropped

Surely you noticed that over time, the cooling fluid level in the cooling system drops, although there are no currents in it. It happens because water evaporates from antifreeze. During the year, up to 1 liter of coolant can disappear from the cooling system. The difference between the minimum and maximum level of antifreeze level is usually only 0.5 liters!

The lower the level of coolant, the greater the risk that the air will fall into the upper part of the radiator, the stove and cooling channels. At a critical moment, the engine will start overheating, and as a result - the risk of breakage will increase by an order. Therefore, if there are no leaks in the cooling system, and the fluid level fell, topping distilled water to restore the concentration of antifreeze. Find distilled water is much easier than a suitable cooling fluid. In addition, in this case you do not need to think about the compatibility of antifreeze, and it will be cheaper as a result.

By the way, the automaster use distilled water in order to rinse the cooling system when replacing antifreeze. This simple procedure prevents the formation of scale and other harmful deposits. And the purity in the cooling system is the key to the fact that there will be no problems in the engine.

3. Use distilled water instead of a glass washer

In the manual leading automakers, black on white it is written that only distilled water can be poured into the washer tank. Otherwise, there will be a lime flare, precipitate and even Tina in the wash system. Over time, these contaminants will scratch the nozzles of the sprayers and break their work.

Distilled water as a washer fluid can be used both in the solo version and dilute the concentrate washers (both summer and winter), which are much better coped with mud or insect traces.

4. Use distilled water at home

White lime bloom on black fabric after you logged out a completely clean thing - the usual problem of those who pour ordinary water from under the tap into the iron. Filtering and boiling with impurities in tap water do not cope. Pour distilled water into irons, and then no unpleasant surprises are terrible. It is also possible to fill it into the system of individual heating in a private house - it is also sensitive to harmful sediments.

And still distilled water recommend using electrocamine manufacturers in which the flame effect is formed with the help of light and water vapor. Like a car system, such devices are very demanding to the quality of the fluid and will work much longer, if you pour off distilled water in them.

When operating batteries, the electrolyte level in banks inevitably decreases. With maintenanceable, the battery is easier - the level of fluid in the compartments is practically not changed for 5-6 years. As for serviced batteries - owners constantly have to control the level of electrolyte and take measures in a timely manner. In the article, we will tell how to add distilled water into the battery, how much it needs and can be replaced with something.

About 20 years ago, motorists did not arise about the acquisition of distilled water - it was sold in almost every pharmacy. Now the situation has changed. The fact is that this fluid is suitable for use for medical purposes for three days, so it is possible to get it only in a pharmacy, which has its distiller.

Modern alternatives:

auto parts stores;
gas stations having a trading point;
housekeeping stores (distilled water is used in irons and steamers).

Another option is to search for water in online stores. He is suitable for those who want to make a stock of the future. Delivery time Depending on the region can be a few weeks, for emergency liquid topping in AKB, this method does not like.

Some motorists do not want to spend time on shopping, and wondered if it is possible to pour out simple or boiled water into the battery. The first option does not fit categorically. In the water from the tap there are foreign substances - chlorine, magnesium, phosphorus, etc. When charging the battery, they will fall on lead plates. At best, this will lead to a decrease in the capacity of the battery, at worst - to the closure and output of the battery.

Concerning boiled water - It is not possible to fully replace distilled, it will not be able, there are salts of metals, albeit in small quantities. This option is suitable if you need to urgently bring the battery "in combat readiness", but then you have to rinse every jar and pour a new electrolyte.

Attempting to replace distilled water with boiled or any other can lead to a decrease in battery capacity, damage to lead plates and other unpleasant consequences.

How to add distilled water into the car battery correctly

If the electrolyte density has increased in your battery or you noticed that it does not produce the desired voltage - most likely the reason for reducing the amount of distilled water. Normally, it should be 65% per 35% sulfuric acid.

Sequence of work when plotting distillate into the battery.

To correctly add fluid to banks, use the instructions.

Remove dirt and dust from the top of the battery, especially - around the plugs.
Wipe the area around the gorlovin with a rag moistened in soda solution, to neutralize sulfuric acid, which could spill when charging.
Carefully unscrew the corks - take care of the hands from the effects of electrolyte.
Take a medical scripture, a syringe or a range, dial distilled water.
Fill liquid into banks with insufficient level electrolyte.
Tighten the plugs.
After 2-3 hours, check the density of the electrolyte by the stage (normal value in the table below).
If everything is done correctly - put the battery for charging.

Pulling distilled water into the battery should be carried out on the horizontal surface. Otherwise, the level of fluid in banks will be different, so you or the water transfers, or no longer.

In order to measure the result when measuring the electrolyte density - hold the range vertically, do not allow the path of the float of its walls. Recalling the electrolyte in the flask, gradually reduce the pressure to float freely float. If you were able to achieve this - pay attention to the place of contact of the liquid with the scale. This will be the electrolyte density in the battery.

Check the electrolyte density after adding distilled water to AKB.

How many distilled water to fill in the battery

In a modern battery, the easiest way to understand how much the distilled water is needed. Its housing is made of transparent plastic with a scale applied on it. It is enough to ensure that the manufacturer is not exceeded by the manufacturer.

In case you have a battery of another type, use the following tips.

In some Akb, a metal or plastic "tongue" is located just below the neck of the bank. The electrolyte level should be higher than the "tongue" by 5 mm.
If there are no marks in the bank - plot distilled water so that the electrolyte level is above lead plates by 10-15 mm.
If you can not visually determine how much electrolyte in the bank - take the glass tube, lower it into the compartment, hold down the top of the finger and take carefully. The amount of fluid in it will be equal to the distance from the lead plates to the electrolyte surface.

Try to observe the fill rules to achieve the correct ratio of hydrochloric acid to distilled water.

If the acids are greater - it will destroy the lead parts of the battery, if less - the battery defects at a negative temperature.

How to get distilled water at home

Some car enthusiasts prefer not to buy distilled water, but to do it on their own. Usually these are the people of the older generation, accustomed to the times of the deficit and not want to rebuild. But also residents of remote villages in which there are no shops, you have to adapt in a similar way.

Immediately note that it is impossible to get high-quality distilled water at home. For this you need a distiller, the cost of which is incomparable with the price of a bottle of water. Alternatively, you can use a moonshine apparatus if you remove the coil from it. But the yield of distilled water with this method is insignificant - about a glass for 3-4 hours.

Distilled water has the formula H 2 O, that is, does not contain extraneous impurities. No matter how hard you try, it is almost impossible to get a similar result of the house - a slight piece of metals in water will remain.

If you need to urgently add water to the battery - type it into the plastic bottle and remove it for 2-3 hours in the refrigerator. Then drain the non-freeze water into the sink, and the ice melt and use to fill into the cans. In this case, damage for the battery will be minimal.

It is possible to collect rainwater in plastic dishes, then thoroughly filtered and used by destination.

It is important that the water does not come into contact with metals. For example, that that flows from tin roofs is not suitable for pouring the battery.

Let's summarize

Now you know how to add distilled water and do not spoil the battery. We recommend purchasing a carometer to control the density of the electrolyte in banks. Without this device, it is impossible to achieve the desired density, and its change may fail your battery. Watch the video on the topic to get a more visual idea of \u200b\u200bthe process.

Messages often come to my blog about the battery service, in particular you need (and can) add distilled water inside? How much does it need? Why this is done, and whether it will not be harmful. I already wrote a few articles about this, but I did not understand this particular question. Today I want to close this gap, as usual will be the video version at the end. Separately, I will focus on the maintenance-free AKB. So read-look, definitely helpful information …

Water B. rechargeable battery - This is our everything! Without it, it will not work fine, all because it is part of an electrochemical fluid, simply electrolyte. However, under the influence of temperature, it can evaporate from there.

Electrolyte

As we know, the electrolyte (inside the battery) consists of two main components:

This is sulfuric acid. Its approximately 35% of the total volume
Distilled water. Its approximately 65%

When mixing these two substances and the electrolyte, a density of 1.27 g / cm3, desired for operation. More than 35% acid is not recommended to be added if the density is up to 1.3 - 1.4 g / cm3, then with such a concentration, lead plates will suffer and can be destroyed.

That is, such a density is adjusted by many experiments and is a reference, it is worth noting - that in the north is allowed to 1.29 g / cm3

Water inside AKB

How we figured out water as much as 65%! But it, and distilled without any impurities (it is necessary for many reasons, if only because it decreases the resistance inside, there are no precipitation on the plates, etc.).

But its level is not constant. As you know high temperatures In the procession space, from charging the generator (sometimes), water can evaporate from cans, the electrolyte level falls.

Sulfuric acid does not disappear, and therefore its concentration begins to grow, it is bad for the battery several:

High density negatively affects the plates destroying them
The level falls, which means that the plates are broken, thereby falling the battery capacity and it is not able to make your car.
With high acid concentrations, possibly

To avoid this, it is necessary to fill out - add water inside the battery to the required minimum.

How to add water to the battery?

To begin with, we will analyze the served option - when there are traffic jams on top of the battery. Here everything is elementary:

First - You need to buy distilled water in the store or.

Second - Just unscrew the plugs from above and look at the plates. If they are bare, the electrolyte level is lower, you need to add them to closed them. How much to lose will tell just below

Third - After adding to charge, you can use automatic chargers

As you can see, all elementary - there are no problems.

Unqualified battery

But if you take maintenance-free acb (for example, Bosch, Varta, Mutlu and many others), then it will not be so easy to add. The design does not provide for the addition of water, that is, you will have to "cheat".

In fairness it is worth noting that it is often done by the loss of water they are not very big. However, after 4 - 5 years, the level drops anyway and it is desirable to bring it to the norm

By the way - Many such batches, rent in specialized stores when he does not launch a car and buy new ones. But not many know that you just need to add water there and then the performance will be restored.

How to add, step by step instructions:

First, determine the level of the electrolyte. Sustilly shake the battery to the right and left if there is a minimum level, then it is worth adding water. If there is a feeling that it is enough there, then maybe the water will not help you (maybe you have squeezing or sulfate)
We define where you have plates (at what height). If the battery is transparent (it has a white housing, how to say from Bosch) it can be enlighted with a flashlight. But if the housing is black, then it will not be so easy here, it is worth estimating "on the eye"
Retreat from plates about 1.5 - 2 cm up. We take a 2-3 mm drill and drill small holes.

We take distilled water and syringe with a needle. Fill the syringe and pour through the holes in the battery

Adding up to how the liquid starts through the holes
Then put the battery on the side and sear the holes by the usual soldering iron
Next, just charge

It is necessary to "collective me", otherwise in no way. Some drill holes from above, but it is impossible to control the level (and it is also impossible to overflow).

How much to attach water to banks?

Another important condition. On some batteries there is a special level (usually on the housing on the side) it is before it is worth adding water (it is impossible to overflow).

However, a large number of acBs do not have such a level, so how much to pour?

One very simple rule. The plates should be closed with an electrolyte by 1 - 1.5 cm (measured by special measuring tubes). At this level, it turns out a density of 1.27 g / cm3

In order to increase its density when swinging the electrolyte, it is necessary to simultaneously add distilled water into the battery. How to add distilled water into the battery? Consider this process in more detail.

Features of the fill of the distillate

Before entering the process of filling distillate (electrolyte), the battery must be prepared. It must be turned off, remove, install on a flat surface, clean it from dust and contamination. The cleaning of the battery is a mandatory item, since even the smallest dirt particles when entering inside can lead to its complete failure. Clear the battery is easiest with a solution of ordinary food soda.

Inside the current source, there are special risks indicating the minimum and maximum level for distillate.

In order for the battery does not get dirt, use the usual syringe to fill the distilled water. It will allow pouring liquid not only absolutely hygienic, but also as much as possible.

After the fill, close the battery and install it in place.

In no case do not pour fluid immediately after you have turned off the engine. He needs to settle for at least six to eight hours. Only after the "rest" battery can be opened and proceed to the fill process.
After filling with water, it is also impossible to immediately run the device to work. Wait at least until the next morning, otherwise boiling, which will lead to fatal consequences.
Dirty distillate will not make the device new, but simply will slightly improve its functioning. If the battery has already spent its resource, it is better to replace it with a new one.
Before starting the battery to work, check the volume of the fluid inside. It is possible to start its operation only if the water level is within the normal range.
And in no case do not use ordinary water for dirty, but only a special distilled, acquired in special. stores in a closed container. When pouring ordinary water, the plates will occur and the full failure of the battery.
Pouring water into the battery should be made at room temperature in a closed room.

Many start-up motorists have a question as to the battery to attach distilled water if it is from the category of operations of the AKB. Accordingly, there is a second question, how much should fluid need to add and whether it can be done independently in domestic conditions.

Purpose of distilled water

Distilled water is an important component in the liquid of the automotive battery, provides its full functionality, supports the desired electrolyte density in which it contains 65%. A percentage of sulfuric acid is only 35%.

Sulfuric acid is a fairly highly concentrated chemical compound, which is in its pure form a danger to AKB. To reduce its concentration, purified water is necessary. The ratio of H2O / H2SO4 \u003d 65/35 provides at the time of charging the battery the accumulation of electrical energy, which is subsequently used to start and movement vehicle.

Distilled water (DV) is ordinary water, purified from organic compounds (products of the life of vegetation and animals, bacteria, viruses) and inorganic impurities (salts, mineral additives, other substances). It consists of two chemical elements: hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O).

Before you know how much distilled water into the battery is, it is important to understand that the ordinary water is not suitable for such a procedure. It contains a large number of different impurities (salts, chlorine, lime and others), which contribute to the rapid output of the car battery. You can not pour into batteries and boiled water, since the ordinary boiling does not distill (does not purify) fluid in full.

Why not electrolyte

During the operation of the battery, especially in the summer, the battery is heated, resulting in banks can boil. DV at this moment evaporates. Acid is a non-volatile liquid, respectively, it remains and the water concentration decreases. The density of the mixture sometimes grows to 1.4 g / cm 3. Therefore, in order for the electrolyte to lead to normal density, you must add DV.

If you pour electrolyte, the density will decrease, but not enough.

It is important to remember the loss of salts in the precipitate and the destruction of the plates. Therefore, in order to reduce the density of the fluid to the established norm, exceptionally DV is added. This rule should always be remembered!

It is also worth remembering that water is fused only into batteries of the serviceable type, which differ in the maximum evaporation. Unnwided batteries are equipped with a cast hermetic case, evapoable liquid does not leave out, it falls into the sediment within the bank. In this case, a closed loop occurs, there is no need to add water.

When the battery refills is required

Most experts believe that car battery maintenance not required. Accordingly, the water topping is irrelevant, but subject to the operation of the AKB under normal conditions. Be sure to check the level of fluid, it is necessary to motorists making on own cars Traveling to long distances. In this case, the greatest probability of fluid transformation into a vapor state. And also the active process of evaporation of water is carried out in case of failure of the relay regulator.

The main indicators of the breakage of the relay controller:

during the operation of the vehicle, the battery is greatly heated;
on the battery case, electrolyte drops are observed;
from the filler gorlovin comes out strong steam.

It is necessary to take into account the design version of the battery. In served models there is much greater evaporation of H2O. Therefore, it is for them that it is worth knowing how much water to tosses into the battery. In the unworthy models, the evaporation of the fluid into the environment prevents hermetic cast case. Such batteries do not require additional maintenance.

Checking the level of electrolyte

The presence of electrolyte is checked exclusively in the ACB served. They are most often equipped with a transparent case, so the inspection is carried out visually. To do this, there are special marks on the surface corresponding to a specific volume of fluid.

Also available batteries served with opaque case. To determine to what level to fill water into the battery in this case, the vehicle owner will need a special transparent tube with a diameter of 0.5 cm.

Fluid level check sequence:

unscrew the battery cover;
the transparent tube is lowered into the liquid, while it must continue to the bottom of the jar;
its external hole is clamped with a tight finger;
it is then getting out of the battery to determine the level of electrolyte.

Such a tube has a minimum and maximum division. Accordingly, if the fluid collapsed is within these limits - the volume of electrolyte is normal. If the liquid is lower than the minimum - it is necessary to add dv.

How much water to add water

In the accumulators of modern type it is easier to figure out how much to add dv to the system. Their body is more often produced from transparent plastic, on which the scale of the fluid scale is broken. You just need to visually monitor its level in the system. It should not be less or more permissible norm.

In some batteries models, a slightly lower than the neck is equipped with a plastic (metallic) "tongue". Pulling the liquid is 0.5 cm above it.
In the absence of any marks in the bank, it is necessary to add water to 1.5 cm above lead plates.
If it is impossible to visually determine the presence of electrolyte in the battery, then it is recommended to use a specialized glass tube with a scale.

It is important to correctly perform the plot of the DV so that the electrolyte density corresponds to the established standards. For greater concentration of hydrochloric acid will destroy lead plates.

With its disadvantage, you can defrost a car battery at a significant minus temperature.

How to correct liquid

If the electrolyte density in car battery It raised or the battery does not give the necessary stress, it means that the cause is in evaporation of DV. Normally, the electrolyte consists: H2SO4 (sulfuric acid) - 35%; H2O - 65%.

Instructions for talling DV in AKB:

The liquid topping is carried out only on the horizontal surface, otherwise the level will show the wrong volume. And it is also worth considering the fact that the electrolyte density differs in different climatic conditions. For example, in Russia:

in the south of the country - 1.25 g / cm 3;
in the central regions - 1.27 g / cm 3;
in the northern territories - 1.29 g / cm 3.

To accurately measure the density of the fluid, the area meter must be strictly in the free state, the vertical position and not touch the walls of the container. Having lowered a careometer into a liquid, you need to wait when it completely stops fluctuating, then remove the testimony on the scale at the point of its intersection with the electrolyte surface. This is the density of the liquid.

Obtaining a distillate in everyday life

There are motorists who do not go to the store for the unit. They produce it independently at home. This is mainly the older generation, which makes the time of deficit, and people living in distant from the city settlementsWhere many products simply do not come.

If you wish to make yourself prepare DV, it is worth understanding that it will not differ in high quality, since for this it is necessary to have a special expensive equipment - a distiller. But as an alternative, a conventional moonshine apparatus without a serpentine is suitable. DV Performance When using this option, will be approximately 1 cup for 3-4 hours.

The formula of distilled water - H2O. High-quality fluid should not contain third-party impurities. In domestic conditions, it is impossible to achieve such a result, a small content of metal salts will still remain.

If it is necessary to urgently add water into the battery, you can dial it from under the tap in the plastic bottle and put in the freezer for 2-3 hours. It is only necessary to use ice, which is pre-melting. Immediate water merges into the sink. The DV obtained in this way will cause minimal damage to AKB.
Another way is to collect rainwater in plastic container, careful filtering, further use for purpose.

Important! Cathetered water for the battery should not come into contact with iron objects. For example, water flowing from the metal roof of the house is unsuitable for these purposes.