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Old 11-20-2009, 08:57 PM   #21 (permalink)
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PaleMelanesian -

I think you just posted one justification for moving the battery to the trunk.

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Old 11-20-2009, 10:49 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Now, it IS true that cold weather diminished a battery's capacity - temporarily. The chemistry works that way. When the weather warms up again, it comes back to life. What I've experienced is a heat-damaged battery finally giving in when the cold comes - it was marginal in good weather, but not enough in the cold.

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The cold slows batteries down so as they age a battery that might be good on a warm day will suddenly appear to die, what does kill a battery is uneven temperature, like sitting on a cold concrete floor, or insulation on just one side of it, not sure why, but I got the info from an engineer.

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