"George Jetson" <GeorgeJetson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> "Jonathan Kirwan" <jkirwan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> 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.
>
> --
> They can have my command prompt when they pry it from my cold dead
> fingers.
>
Rain water is not clean. It has a nucleus of something and collects crap
on
the way down.
Tom
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