Re: Battery Tray Preservation

["Damian Clement" <vwtype3@lineone.net>]

Just what is an Optima battery anyway? I'm confused!!

Damian (clueless limey)
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-----Original Message-----
From: CARVER, JEFFREY D <Jeffrey.Carver@Aerojet.com>
To: type-3@umich.edu <type-3@umich.edu>; 'Toby Erkson'
<Toby_Erkson@mail.intel.com>
Date: 17 February 1998 16:33
Subject: RE: Battery Tray Preservation


>A plastic tray made for batteries usually includes dents
>and ridges to keep the plastic touching the metal to a
>minimum.   A plastic bag would trap moisture underneath
>it, exacerbating the original problem.
>
>I'm facing the same problem.  I 'fixed' it 15 years ago with
>sanding and painting, but a larger hole has become evident.
>I'll have to get to work one of these days, hope I can afford
>an Optima by then, or at least get ONE and use it in both
>Sqbk & Bus (of course I'm still in the wannabus category),
>quick disconnects and tiedowns, and away I go!