Mikey Sklar & Wendy Tremayne
Battery Refill distilled vs. rain water
Now that the weather has cooled down our solar panels are giving us
far more energy than we need. This causes the batteries to remain at a
charge over 100% all the time. This also means the batteries are going
through more water due to the excess energy. I needed to refill the
batteries and didn't want to buy a bunch of distilled water in plastic
bottles. Instead I tested the difference between our rain water we
have caught and distilled store bought water I already had on hand. It
turns out our rain water has about 8 PPM while our store bought
distilled water as at 11 PPM. Our rain water actually has less
particulates than Shure Shine store bought distilled water. Needless
to say I filled my solar batteries up with rain water and have no
plans to purchase distilled water gain.
Battery Refill distilled vs. rain water
Now that the weather has cooled down our solar panels are giving us
far more energy than we need. This causes the batteries to remain at a
charge over 100% all the time. This also means the batteries are going
through more water due to the excess energy. I needed to refill the
batteries and didn't want to buy a bunch of distilled water in plastic
bottles. Instead I tested the difference between our rain water we
have caught and distilled store bought water I already had on hand. It
turns out our rain water has about 8 PPM while our store bought
distilled water as at 11 PPM. Our rain water actually has less
particulates than Shure Shine store bought distilled water. Needless
to say I filled my solar batteries up with rain water and have no
plans to purchase distilled water gain.