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From: [email protected] (Wayne Orwig)
Subject: Re: Battery storage -- why not charge and store dry?
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In Article <[email protected]> "[email protected] (mark fox)" says:
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> Quite right, your batteries should be perfectly alright and retain
> most of their charge if drained and dried well, but I'd throw out the
> electrolyte and buy some more when you need it.
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> And before anyone says I'm wrong, remember that new batteries almost
> always come ready charged and dry, and they are perfectly OK even after
> several years' storage at the shop.
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> Mark Fox
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Makes sense to me, after all when steel is manufactured and stored they
put oil on it so it won't rust. Logicaly, when you store your bike, you
must strip the paint and put oil on the metal to prevent rus