On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 12:42:12 +0100, Max Demian
wrote:

On 28/03/2021 10:19, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Adrian Caspersz formulated the question :

Couriers, "this way up" and lead acid batteries, sounds like a good
recipe for burns & tears ...

Any reputable supplier, will ensure they are capped, then sealed in an
acid tight bag, then padded and boxed.

Tanya is amongst the best for safety, their batteries arrive vacuum
sealed in a bag.

I bought a "dry charged" battery from Halfords once, with the acid in
separate plastic bottles. Filled it up,

Many motorcycle batteries still come like that, saves them 'going bad'
on the shelf.

fitted it, started the engine

Whist you can typically do that (the 'charge' being pre set by the
chemistry of the lead paste in the plates), it's recommended to at
least leave them for a while, and / or bench charging them first (to
reduce stratification).

and went for a spin to refresh the charge.

Whilst that would 'work', it would still be best done the next day
once the charge had equalised and the plates fully saturated.

Cheers, T i m