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Old 01-21-2025, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Arctic Fox View Post
The spillage is under the two batteries at the start of the filler line so they are the two most likely to be overfilled first. It could well be the floats not working, or just a design fault.

It is a good idea in theory - speeds up the topping-up process considerably - but I would like to be able to use the white caps to determine when water is needed, but don't know exactly how to interpret them. Any help would be appreciated. Is it obvious, when standing by the cart, when they have disappeared, or do I need to squat down to the level of the top of the batteries?
Based on the advice here to stop a "quarter to half inch above plates", I'd try removing the filler from one battery and fill such that water in the battery furthest from the fill point is just above the plates?

Re-install the filler, look and remember where the white caps are.

Stop filling when they reach that level for future fill cycles.

It probably will take some experimentation to optimize this.