heading OT .. Battery Charging

[scirious@hotmail.com (Brian Haygood)]

Nah, I'm sure 20 year batteries are possible.  It's usually vibration that
kills them, and providing better support for internal components is pretty
straightforward engineering.  Just like lightbulbs.  There is no real trick
to making those last forever, but capitalism prevents it from happening.

BH
----- Original Message -----
From: John C. Worden <scirocco@powerlink.net>
To: volkswagen scirocco <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: Battery Charging


> At 10:56 AM 4/7/02 -0700, Jorel Jackson wrote:
>
> > >   Our automobile batteries are wonders of
> > > engineering, and given the
> > > conditions under which they operate, we are lucky
> > > that they last over
> > > three years at all.
> > >
> >
> >
> >My father once had a conversation with an engineer who
> >designed automotive batteries. This guy claimed he
> >could design a battery that would last twenty years.
> >Of course they wouldn't allow him to do that for
> >obvious market reasons. Perhaps he was over confidant?
> >
> >=====
> >Jorel Jackson
> >web site:  http://geocities.com/jorel140/index.html
> >1987 16v & 1985 8v Sciroccos
> >2000 Neon ES
> >Jaguar XK 180
> >
> >__________________________________________________
> He may have been, but if you can keep your battery cool it will
> definitely last much longer since heat kills them.  Probably a
> battery insulator of some sort (like many newer vehicles have)
> would help the life somewhat.
>
>
> John C. Worden
> Bucksport, Maine
>
> '98 Dakota 4x4-Just rolled 100K
> '86 Scirocco 8V-
> '81 Scirocco 2.0 16V -
> '78 Scirocco Brazil Brown Metallic,  4 speed.
>