<VV> early battery Failures

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tonyu@roava.net writes:

> 
> What IS it with type 53 batteries these days?  We won a 53 battery at a
> Vair show a few years back, nice and new, worked well ... for a year anna
> half then went sour and actually froze and split the case during one really
> cold night while sitting in the battery box of the ragtop (which now has
> the battery stolen out of the Yugo).   
> 
> The  battery wasn't yet 2 years old (since winning it) and it *froze* and
> cracked.   Go figger...  
> 
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Tony!  I'm surprised you don't know why battery's freeze..when others don't!

Specific gravity...STATE OF CHARGE

A charged battery will not freeze! [ YES..leave them in - 50  deg.  for long 
enough and the charge dissipates]

The ONLY  reason a battery fails due to construction / quality  is if a Cell 
SHORTS....which is cheap construction  or  OFF ROAD  abuse!! ggg

I seldom have a battery that doesn't last 5-7 years [in vehicles that I keep 
that long...]

BUT....I regularly CHARGE them.....1 amp trickle charge for a week or so at a 
time...

Batteries will CRANK  an engine when having only 20%  CHARGE......or even 
with just a "Surface charge" [  jump start,  or  quick charge =1 hr. or so]

The plates sulfate quickly when living with only 30-50% charge.....then the 
battery goes away!



Matt Nall / Patiomatt / WCUH / Chairman V V
69 Monza Cpe., 66 Monza vert, 65 Crown v8 Cpe.
Somewhere between Reno, NV and Coos Bay, Or.