I generally keep batteries off the floor because of the possibility of
acid being on the outside of the battery that reacts with the concrete,
but other than that, I think the battery-on-concrete problem is one from
the distant past.
Peace,
Pat
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On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, sidney raper wrote:
> I have often been told that placing an automotive battery on a concrete
> floor would cause it to lose it's charge more quickly than if it were on
> some kind of platform. I can't see how this would happen, but there are
> lots of things that I don't understand. How about it electrical guys? Any
> truth to the old wives tale?
>
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