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Old 10-09-2010, 04:45 PM   #6 (permalink)
Oval_Overload
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As someone who works on Miles vehicles, I would strongly, strongly, recommend you do not use any battery that could vent gas in normal operation. The battery boxes are sealed from the outside and the only place for the gas to dissipate is the passenger compartment.

Best case scenario: your car always smells like you left an egg salad sandwich on the dash for a few hot days.

(almost) Worst case scenario: the gasses eat away at the car. It happens.

Worst case scenario: the gasses are flammable...

I hear that Powersonic makes a battery similar to the Lin-Tian stock battery. Also, try trickle charging your battery. Ours sat for a year and were completely dead. I nursed them back and they lasted 7 months before the #1 battery boiled off.

~Jimbo
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