Why Add Distilled Water To Battery. Attach the battery charger hook up the terminals to the battery in question and turn on the charger. If it isnt broken dont fix it.
Adding chemicals and minerals can significantly decrease the life of batteries. What does distilled water do to a battery. Joined Apr 14 2006.
Using ordinary tap water or softened water is bad for your deep-cycle batteries as the minerals.
We add water to our batteries all the time at work and when I was in the military. Battery manufacturers of industrial batteries usually recommend checking the electrolyte levels every 5 to 7 charges and adding water preferably distilled as required. Distilled water should be the only things you ever replenish in your deep cycle batteries. Tap water contains minerals that can diminish the performance of the battery and can increase the rate at which they self-discharge.
