AC> On (28 Aug 96) Jim Dunmyer wrote to Alec Cameron...
 JD> I never discharge [lead-acid] batteries on purpose, but they do get a 
it
 JD> of cycling in normal usage. I seldom have a car battery last less than 4
 JD> or 5 years.
 AC> You are doing well, and who would want longer?
Who wants to buy a battery more than once?  
 JD> I'm beginning to believe that those sealed batteries like the Champion
 JD> and Gates (so-called 6-pack) units are the way to go.
 AC> I have used Gates, amd also successfully resurrected a couple 
 AC> that "died" and refused to be charged. 
Yes.  It just takes patience and persistence.
 AC> Champion is not known to me. 
They're junk!
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