Re: Gel car batteries

<observer> wrote in message 
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>I was in an auto parts store and in conversation, the gel batteries
> came up.  Unfortunately I could buy a regular 36mos/84mos. battery 
> for
> $85 (w/core) and the same gel was $200 (I guess with core also).
> Anyway around where I am, the average battery is good for 3 to 4 
> years
> (bakes in the hot sun... 95F typical summer day).   Seems like this
> gel battery is not worth the money but any comments if I'm wrong and
> why?  I must have had my head in the sand because I never heard of
> them and this auto parts person said he's had his for 2 years (which
> didn't help me decide since most batteries will do that easily 
> around
> here).

Not an option for me, to many but not all of the people I know that 
paid the big money have had failures. Although we don't have the 
baking weather you speak of we do have -20° to +100° and I have a 
Delco stock battery in my truck that is 6 years old (watch it quit 
tonight).

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Dad
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