[Shotimes] Serious electrical gremlins this morning

[Paul Nimz]

There are two ways to go with batteries.  Cheapest and biggest or expensive
and much better performance.

Paul


On 8/12/2005 5:47:59 PM, Carl Prochilo (gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org) wrote:
> Down here in South Florida, I can attest to the fact that heat does a
> number on batteries, especially if the car lives outside most of the time
> and you let it discharge completely once or twice.  A Walmart or Costco
> battery (read cheap) is an easy way to verify that.
> --
> Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 92 Ultra Red Crimson
>
> On Fri, August 12, 2005 6:36 pm, Donald Mallinson said:
> > Batteries can die in the heat too.  Heat will kill a battery, cold will
> > just drain it down quicker usually.
> >
> > two years is a bit quick for a battery to go bad, but it can happen a
> > lot sooner, just the luck of the draw.  I would get the battery checked
> > with a good tester that puts a load on it and see if it is bad.  They
> > can go bad enough to still start the car, but all the electrical stuff
> > works wierd.
> >
> > Don Mallinson
> >
> > fwhittle@mindspring.com wrote:
> >
> >>Ok, I cleaned the cables and terminals, got a jump, and everything
> seemed
> >> fine for about 5 minutes, then the same symptoms.  The
> battery's about 2
> >> years old - don't batteries usually die in cold
> weather?  I'd