[Mgs] batteries and starting

Chad Cooper mgb72 at airmail.net
Tue May 26 16:59:53 MDT 2009


I can see where that would be a problem, just never had one move that much,
and have been over several cattle guards at pretty high speeds (didn't see
it coming) during rallies and didn't have a problem, that's about as rough
as it gets..  I have returned such batteries, but it helps to go to the same
place a lot and spend a lot and know the manager, but it has never gotten to
him the high school kids don't seem to care about the company and their
money...

Not saying your hold down well and anti-alter battery body approach is bad
(quite good actually), just don't practice either myself and have been
fine...

-----Original Message-----
From: mgs-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mgs-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Paul Hunt
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 8:55 AM
Cc: mgs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Mgs] batteries and starting

Unless they are held down they can bounce up and short out on the bottom of
the cover panel, and the rattling around reduces their life anyway.  Some
fit
foam there as a quick bodge, but that can get damp and will
trickle-discharge
the batteries.  As for cutting up a battery and then trying to get a
replacement under guarantee, you won't know till you try.  It never ceases
to
amaze me how mere employees of a company will gib and argue rather than
giving
you a top-up, replacement, or whatever depending on what you are complaining
about as if the cost is coming out of their own pockets!

PaulH.
  ----- Original Message -----
  Gravity holds the battery down just fine so no need to redo anything with
the hold down
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