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RE: [T3] Duralast batteries anyone?


As far as I know, they are lead-acid batteries with the acid bound up in
a gel that stays put unless the case is smashed but it oozes instead of
whoosh!
Regards,

Steve Jackson
Houston, TX 
71 FB (in Drydock!)
02 Superduty pickup
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Adney [mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org] 
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 9:14 AM
To: type3@vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Duralast batteries anyone?

On 18 Jun 2005 at 20:06, Keith Park wrote:

> Im not sure about that.  I thought the Optima's were gel-cells.

Regardless of how the parts are held in there (loose acid, acid in a
sponge, 
acid in a gell) the chemistry is still the same. The fact that they
still have 
the same voltage per cell pretty much pins them down to being a
lead-acid 
chemistry device. I don't think there is any way around that, but I'd be
happy 
to be proven wrong.

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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