[Shotimes] Serious electrical gremlins this morning

[Carl Prochilo]

What does "much better performance" mean?
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Sat, August 13, 2005 1:14 am, Paul Nimz said:
> 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
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