Jim Dunmyer wrote in a message to Ralph Hartwell:
 >    The problem here is that my UPS tends to slightly overcharge the
 > battery, shortening the life considerably.
 JD> Mine need water every few months, and it's all too easy to 
 JD> forget to check them. I put an equalizing charge to them just a 
 JD> couple of days ago, and my chart on the wall says that 08/01 
 JD> was the last time I did so. One set took quite a lot of water, 
 JD> too.
What do you call quite a lot?  I dumped about a pint of water into one of the 
two big ones here yesterday,  though it's been some months since I added any 
and the unit *is* currently on charge (pulling about 5 amps at the moment)...
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