! ! Nah, even easier. Just take a look at a motorcycle, ! ! snowmobile, or jetski, or whatever else uses a motorcycle ! ! sized battery. They (almost) all have caps, to refille the ! ! levels. ! ! Replacement motorcycle batteries come with the acid in ! ! a seperate bottle, that you have to pour into the cells ! ! after you buy it. And there is _always_some acid left over, ! ! once you put the proper amounts in... ! ! ! !--- David A Woyciesjes ! ! From: SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com [mailto:SUPRDAVE@aol.com] ! ! In the case of a scooter battery I bought last year, there ! was a box of acid to install, but there was none left over. ! why would you not want to add all that was provided? You want to follow the instructions. Mine said to fill to a certain level. If you put in too much, it could boil up and go boom. Manufacturers give a little extra, to account for air pressure differences (due to altitude and such), and to account for spillage too. ! There ! was removable caps, but it was only for opening it up once ! to add acid, and then forever sealed. Nothing a pair of pliers can't fix. ! One thing I can say ! about those batteries, they sure don't last long for being ! so expensive! If you let them go dead just once, they never ! recover. If they get drained too far, yes. But that (normally) doesn't happen very often. --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818