-> I would imagine batteries boil down real fast in Texas (except maybe
-> Galviston ... ?)   :-)
The part I live in is what the indians used to call the Wild Horse
Desert. Down beside Mexico.  When God and the Devil were negotiating
where hell was gonna be, the devil made God put a river through this
part before he'd even CONSIDER it.  It was still meaner'n he wanted for
a permanet hell, but he took it for temporary storage of folks like me.
-> That does seem longer than would be required (but if it's working ...
Oh, there's light loads on it all the time, the electric clock, burglar
electronics etc.  Besides the timer won't SET any shorter, and the
charger don't do 800 ma more than a few minutes before it cuts back
some.  
-> Me neither. I've got one of those "absorbed glass matt" batteries on
-> order (sometimes erroneously called a gel-cel). Buffalo has one and
-> loves it. No caps or vent at all, completely sealed. But damn they're
-> expensive ...
We bought one for a friend's aerobatic airplane and you're RIGHT!  But
they don't leak and they don't care if you turn them upside down.  They
DON'T have lots of stamina though and maybe three failed tries to start
the Lycoming was all you were gonna get.  (A Lycoming starter is a
SHORT!)
-> Sounds like a pretty heavy duty diesel ....
Nah, just a baby Ford tractor, but it's a HELL of a mean battery!  A
hot-flooded 8-N doesn't start very easy either!
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