[OT] More on Batteries

[Steven Elling]

On Tuesday 13 May 2003 14:29, Bradley Miller wrote:
> >However, what about alkaline batteries?  I'm looking at some Rayovac's
> > that have Dec 2009 written on them.  What about lead-acid batteries? 
> > I've had lead-acid batteries in cars that sat for over 6 months and
> > were still able to crank over the engine.
>
> Apples and oranges here.  Alkaline batteries are a different beast and
> don't have the same loss rate as a rechargeable type battery.   The car
> battery thing is another "capacity" issue.  Most passenger cars provide
> very little resistance for a modern battery.  Try sticking one of those 6
> month batteries in a high compression V8 with a lot of cubic inches.  ;-)

Exactly.  I was pointing out the blanket statement "Stored batteries will 
loose up to 10% of their charge per day."  Jonathan wrote about gell-cell 
and lead-acid batteries so an inference to which type he was referring to 
cannot be made.