08-07-2010, 02:26 AM
"Here is something interesting. Heat (or above 77 °) shortens the life of that battery:"
[cool][#0000ff]Definitely in agreement on that one. While I lived in Arizona I got used to having to replace car batteries almost every year. Didn't matter if they were guaranteed for 5 years...several months of 100 degree plus days and those batteries were toast. You could get a warranty replacement but that was little consolation when you were down some long desert road, out of cell phone service, with a dead battery. I had to hike several miles in 108 degree heat one time to get someone to drive me back and jump start my vehicle...where TubeBabe was waiting and fretting among the rattlesnakes.[/#0000ff]
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[cool][#0000ff]Definitely in agreement on that one. While I lived in Arizona I got used to having to replace car batteries almost every year. Didn't matter if they were guaranteed for 5 years...several months of 100 degree plus days and those batteries were toast. You could get a warranty replacement but that was little consolation when you were down some long desert road, out of cell phone service, with a dead battery. I had to hike several miles in 108 degree heat one time to get someone to drive me back and jump start my vehicle...where TubeBabe was waiting and fretting among the rattlesnakes.[/#0000ff]
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