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<DIV>Fred:</DIV>
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<DIV>Over the years, I’ve found that NAPA has had good batteries. The
secret with any of these batteries is to keep a battery maintainer / charger on
them most of the time in order to keep the battery from sulfating, because they
tend to sit for fairly long periods between drives. This has worked for me
for years with RV batteries, collector car batteries, etc.</DIV>
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<DIV>I finally changed the tri-carb’s battery after 13 years awhile back – it
didn’t fail, but I simply didn’t want to push things. I think it was an
old Delco.</DIV>
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<DIV>The Optima batteries are fine, (more expensive) but probably not necessary
in a Healey. </DIV>
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<DIV>I use the Battery Minder brand – I’ve got several of them.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #141100">Earl
Kagna<BR>Victoria, B.C.<BR>BJ8, BT7 tri-carb</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=fredwescoe@gmail.com
href="mailto:fredwescoe@gmail.com">Fred Wescoe</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 19, 2018 3:48 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=Healeys@autox.team.net
href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">healeys</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Healeys] Batteries</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>I took a stroll thru the archives but not find difinitive answers to my
hunt.
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<DIV>I need to replace a 2 year old Interstate battery in my BJ8. The
archives mention Interstate (I'm not impressed with them) and the gel based
batteries.</DIV>
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<DIV>What experiences have people had with dependability and longevity as well
as starting strength with batteries? Should I consider Diehard in the
mix? </DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
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<DIV>Fred,</DIV>
<DIV>66 BJ8</DIV></DIV>
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