Re: Best way to care for a 12V battery?

[Indian Group Leader]

I stand corrected due to my old age and the improvement of lead-acid batteries. I worked in my father’s auto parts store as a teenager and later owned an auto repair shop. There apparently has been improvement in the casings of lead acid batteries which do not allow discharge anymore; however, it was not a legend for the rubber cased batteries that we sold in those days and it would have been more elegant to point out that things have improved rather than calling our comments nonsense. Here is the quote from Snopes.com that you chose to overlook:

"Car batteries used to be encased in hard rubber, a substance that was porous enough that battery acid could seep through it and create a conductive path through the damp concrete, draining the battery. The cases of today’s batteries, however, are made of sturdier stuff that far better contains their contents than those of yesteryear. As well, time has brought technological improvements to the seals around the posts and the vent systems."

Read more at http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/batt … fW1RLF3.99

Thanks for setting us straight with your rude comments. As for me, I still store my lead-acid battery on the shelf and not on the floor.

Tom