<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Probably most of us, even if we don’t realize it.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There really aren’t that many sealed batteries, besides the exotic brands like Optima.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">All those standard auto store black batteries are not sealed — they just hide the caps by making them flush with the top surface, so you need a screwdriver to open them. It’s all for marketing reasons, but many people think they are sealed, and never check the level.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 11, 2020, at 9:07 AM, Dan DiBiase via Mgs <<a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" class="">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Ok, who buys batteries that aren't sealed these days? ;-)<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dan D</div><div class="">Central NJ USA<br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><a href="http://dandibiase.cbintouch.com/" target="_blank" class="">http://dandibiase.cbintouch.com/</a></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 12:03 PM Richard Lindsay via Mgs <<a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" class="">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr" class="">check the electrolyte level before continuing.</div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 9:45 AM Barrie Robinson via Mgs <<a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" target="_blank" class="">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class=""><font size="-1" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Hello, hello. I thought these new and improved battery chargers did not 'over charge' and cuts out when battery is charged. Am I being duped by the battery charging people ? My 'automatic' charger has been on all winter and will remain so until it is broom broom time.<br class=""><br class="">Cheers<br class="">Barrie<br class=""></font></font><br class=""><div class="">On 3/11/2020 10:13 AM, Richard Lindsay via Mgs wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">TOO TRUE!!!<div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Mine boiled down the electrolyte and EXPLODED we I attempted to start the car. I have one partially deaf ear to prove the point!!!</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 11, 2020 3:41 AM, PaulHunt73 via Mgs<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" target="_blank" class=""><mgs@autox.team.net></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br type="attribution" class=""><blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Leaving a battery tender plugged in over winter is not a good idea. It can cover up a failing battery and as soon as you leave it somewhere where it's not plugged in the battery can let you down. If it's on all the time you don't know when and how often it is going into charge mode. If you only plug it in periodically you can keep an eye on it and see how long it is in charge mode before it goes into maintenance mode, and that gives you an idea as to the condition of the battery. About the only good reason for leaving one on all the time is when you are away from the property for some time and will need the car as soon as you return. But with cut-off switches on all my cars I can leave them a couple of months or more and they will start just fine.</font></div><div class=""> </div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">PaulH.</font></div><blockquote style="border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;" class=""><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;" class="">----- Original Message -----</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><p class="">Thanks. I don't think it's the battery. The battery is about two years old, and it's been plugged into a battery tender over the winter.</p></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>