-> You refreshed my rememberance of my first automobile employment for
-> the local Nash dealer: after cleaning the cars outside of the dew
-> (or snow 8-( collected overnight; I would attend the battery chargeing
-> bench to make sure they had enough water (after checking the specific
-> gravity of each cell). I seem to recall we did add a magic "pill" to
-> each cell to ensure the oxides from the plates didn't settle in the
-> bottom and short out any of the cells. Simple days for simple folk 8-)

 You Triggered my Rembemberenbce of those pills. And I believe to this
day you can get a little bottle of liquid that claims to do the same
thing at some Auto Parts Stores.
 In this day of seni Sealed Automobile batteries it is of little use
though. But for the RVer and Boat owner using standard Marine Batteries
it may be of some help. 
I am skeptical myself. But some Swear it Works.
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