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Jan 1, 1970
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Seems to me like about 100 years ago, a car battery gave you plenty of
warning before it died. Slow cranking etc..

These days, batteries die when one tries to crank and the output drops
to zero (not the 5-7 volts that told you the battery needed
replacement) and most of the time when it isn't convenient. The
battery may have cranked fine just 30 minutes earlier, but you're
getting gas 30 miles from home (with a hot engine - easy to start) in
the middle of, well, nowhere.

I miss the old days when the battery that was dying would crank that
one last time and allow you to drive to a store and buy a battery.

It sucks trying to horse a battery 10+ miles on one's hip, and another
ten back, to the nearest store. My time is valuable to me, and I hate
to make other people waste time waiting for me. OK in the truck I can
install two batteries, but I shouldn't have to, and the motorcycle is
the same way these days, and I can't fit a second battery.

What is different? Is there a way to predict the (cell interconnect
will open - judging from the symptoms) battery will die? This seems
like a consumer scam to me.

Any opinions or advice?
 
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Jasen Betts

Jan 1, 1970
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Seems to me like about 100 years ago, a car battery gave you plenty of
warning before it died. Slow cranking etc..
These days, batteries die when one tries to crank and the output drops
to zero (not the 5-7 volts that told you the battery needed
replacement) and most of the time when it isn't convenient.

they're making them smaller and they don't last as long.
if you want one that lasts as long get one the same size
as the old ones.
The battery may have cranked fine just 30 minutes earlier, but you're
getting gas 30 miles from home (with a hot engine - easy to start) in
the middle of, well, nowhere.

modern engines run at higher compression ratios and are harder to turn,
especially when hot.
I miss the old days when the battery that was dying would crank that
one last time and allow you to drive to a store and buy a battery.
It sucks trying to horse a battery 10+ miles on one's hip, and another
ten back, to the nearest store. My time is valuable to me,

Call a mobile mechanic then, here there's a company that specialises in
battery replacement.
and I hate to make other people waste time waiting for me. OK in the
truck I can
install two batteries, but I shouldn't have to, and the motorcycle is
the same way these days, and I can't fit a second battery.

No kick starter? if the bike's got a manual clutch you have a chance of
"crash" starting it...
What is different? Is there a way to predict the (cell interconnect
will open - judging from the symptoms) battery will die? This seems
like a consumer scam to me.

fit the largest battery you can, the one the book reccomends will outlast
the warrantee period, just.

Bye.
Jasen
 
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