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Re: smaller batteries

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Subject: Re: smaller batteries
From: "Andy Nguyen" <aqn@panix.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 09:10:56 -0500 (EST)
"Don Kline" <solo2dmmr2@hotmail.com> wrote:
> When I had my 85 Golf, I used the smallest motorcycle battery I could get 
> away with (I felt I needed at least 100 cca), and lazily used it into the 
> month of January one year.  [...]
> On the other hand I've never 
> been able to use a lawn/garden tractor battery longer than one summer season 
> on a riding mower.  I just don't think they are designed to last more than 
> 4-6 months of use.  Of course YMMV.

  Could be that there is more vibration on a riding mower than on a
  motorcycle or in a car.  Vibration can kill lead-acid batteries by
  breaking internal plate connections, or knocking the "substrate"
  loose from the plates.

-- 
Andy Nguyen \ aqn@panix.com \ http://www.panix.com/~aqn/

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