[GMAs]

I thought you said that you checked the battery... before we started this exercise... and said it was good... Well no reason to put water in now.. that one has probably already starte to sulfide out... if it is dry... means that the resistance inside is shot... and thus boils the water because of cells starting to short... its is a sign that the battery is going.. need to do a load voltage test to be sure... the old way was with a hydromiter...

So no reason to service it now... once dry.. throw it away.. and get a new one... adding water will only strand you someplace.... if it doesn't test out...

Mantance huh... how long you owned this plane... battery water is supposed to be checked every ... how many hours... what else hasn't been checked on this bird... that should be... ernie...

they print a neat little chart in the front of the service manual and in the POH for frequency of service to what part... and surprise.. its part of the pilot responsibility... thing... that is supposed to be done before flight... according to the FAR's... your plane was not serviced and as such was not in contenued airworthyness... shame shame on you ernie...

Ok ernie... turn in your secret decoder wings... glad you found the problem ... smile... poor old alternators... were working their little shafts off... smile... good thing the regulators worked... and tripped out... else you would have been buying a lot more than a battery... by the way when you put the new battery in.. you want to check the alternators out too... for voltage level.. as they might be just a little hot... and the other reason for the battery being boiling... smile.. Nope... I don't think your out of the woods yet... ernie... you got more problems... because the alternators should have stayed with you and made the gear motor work... even with just a smiggin of a battery... G.M> GMAs