Vehicles Alternator and how it works

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Alternators are one of the most important electric equipments of Vehicles which is a source of power of all the internal accessories of Vehicle.  Number of people asks questions such as why does engine takes load once they turn on headlights, is it weak battery or problems with some other parts. Different answers are posted on forums but they are misguiding for the vehicle’s owner but somehow he agrees on the answers which are given by multiple users. I intend to explain little bit about vehicle alternators, how does it works and how does it differs from generators. Alternators have …

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This lake in Indonesia has the same pH value as a car’s battery acid have

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Located in a crater in the mountains, the Kwah Ijen lake is the largest sulfuric acid lake in the world which has an actual pH level of 0.5 and as soon as you put an aluminum can in the acid/lake, it begins to sizzle and bubble.

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Maintaining UPS/car batteries

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Three years back I got interested in analyzing the procedure which is used by battery maintenance shops. They purchase Sulphuric in drums and then mix it with tap water in 66 % by volume. They say that chemical reaction causes the water to boil which remove the oxygen molecules from the mixture hence results in giving up gravity of 1250 which they pour it in car batteries. Batteries run fine for minimum 2 years where as I think if it is all about removing impurities from car batteries then they are making a mistake by adding tap water which would …

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