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I had a new battery short out in my Bird while it was parked in a heated garage and disconnected. Got lucky and noticed a little puddle under the car and traced it to a "hot" battery. That was about 3-4 years ago and I now have the opportunity to pull the fender extension and repaint it as the acid did get at it as it is starting to rust on the seam. Talked to our power guys and they have seen it but far and few between and these guys deal with 48v battery strings in all our telco exchanges.

[napster]

Sweet,

I use a battery tender for my cars. I have no problems with my batteries since they are always charged. Like Mark said it greatly extends the life of the battery.

As an example, my 1999 30th Anniv. Trans Am stills has it's original battery in it. Still going strong. The car will be 10 years old on April, 15th. Granted it only has 2,200 miles on the odometer, it still goes to show you that keeping the battery charged with one of those devices really helps. The nice thing about the battery tender is it will not overcharge the battery.

Jim

[GT182]

SJ, I hope you didn't have it sitting on the cement floor. That will ruin a battery too. It'll make it lose it's charge and if it freezes, cause what you found to happen. Aways set it on a piece of wood or rigid foam so it's not directly on a cement floor.

[1971/455/HO/4-SPD]

The "Battery Tender" is the only way to go!!! For less then $30 (JR), you won't have that problem again!!!