We had a nasty surprise when the power flickered today and the UPS system dumped all our security, phone, network and computer stuff. :Q
Turns out the battery banks have not had the best of maintenance and the electrolyte levels are very low. The people that are supposed to take care of this usually top these off with pure water.
Several people here that think they know everything say tap water is fine and someone else said use the water cooler water! Neither source is really pure as in no mineral content so...
Not that the batteries are borked already, but assuming they're OK and will charge if topped off; how much harm would putting bottled water in the batteries do? It will probably take a few jugs to top these off as these are pretty darn big batteries and there's a wall of 'em.
They are most likely goners but if we can at least get enough capacity out of them for now to ride through a flicker (that's all it was too!) it should hold over until a contractor can come out and replace them.
Turns out the battery banks have not had the best of maintenance and the electrolyte levels are very low. The people that are supposed to take care of this usually top these off with pure water.
Several people here that think they know everything say tap water is fine and someone else said use the water cooler water! Neither source is really pure as in no mineral content so...
Not that the batteries are borked already, but assuming they're OK and will charge if topped off; how much harm would putting bottled water in the batteries do? It will probably take a few jugs to top these off as these are pretty darn big batteries and there's a wall of 'em.
They are most likely goners but if we can at least get enough capacity out of them for now to ride through a flicker (that's all it was too!) it should hold over until a contractor can come out and replace them.
