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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. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~