"Jonathan Kirwan" <jkirwan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:1cui64tp3blo98q3cuekdkbq8mqm64sgnv@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:06:09 -0700 (PDT), rabiticide
> <rabiticide@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>It's my motorcycle battery and it's the situation where I need it to
>>get to this job so I can afford to fix it. I just came off disability
>>and with $4 to my name I spent $2 on a gallon of distilled water...
>
> Okay. It sounded like that kind of situation. I've been there in my
> life, too, so I can feel your pain.
>
>>So I am going to try it and see what happens. I will post my
>>results....
>
> If there doesn't appear to be _any_ sulfuric acid inside, then I don't
> hold out much hope here. But best luck, anyway.
>
>>Isn't H2SO4 a solid? I don't know - I'm thinking of, like, NaOH which
>>dissolves in water to make the base.
>><snip>
>
> NaOH is a solid. White, and kind of slippery to the touch. But
> sulfuric acid is a liquid. I've used it, before, as part of a double
> boiler situation that could achieve the higher melting points I needed
> at the time while also providing very, very even heating which was
> also necessary for the rocket fuel I was making then.
>
> Jon
Depending on local weather conditions, rain water should woek as well.
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They can have my command prompt when they pry it from my cold dead
fingers.
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