Re: [T3] Duralast batteries anyone? (and Optima)

[Steven Ayres <comwest@att.net>]

<x-flowed>TobyE=> no worry whatsoever about battery tray corrosion. 

Not from the usual acid fog, true, but do bear in mind that any battery 
will attract some condensation simply due to its mass and resulting 
temperature differential with cabin air.

I've used Optimas in most of my cars for years. Yes, they're expensive 
and they're not immortal, but I've got as many as eight years out of 
one, and I think that one only died because I neglected it and let it 
sit completely discharged for some months. (An advantage of the older 
design is that you can sometimes renew them chemically.)

As a matter of tiresome detail, in speaking with my Optima distributor I 
learned that the 'gel-cell' label can be a bit misleading. The cells are 
liquid-filled; the difference is that the liquid is held in a soft 
matrix, making it gel-like. But if the envelope is punctured it'll leak 
liquid, so strapping it down is still important.

Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ
'66 KG1600

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