On 7/25/05 8:25 PM, in article Xns969ED9FAC37F8tegger@207.14.113.17,
"TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote:

> E Meyer <e.meyerNOSPAM@ieee.org> wrote in
> news:BF0A896E.D8BC6%e.meyerNOSPAM@ieee.org:
>
>> The summer heat here seems to kill them.
>
>
> Yup. The two primary killers of batteries are
> 1) Heat
> 2) Being allowed to run flat.
>
>
>>
>> Strangely though, OEM batteries in my Nissans are lasting 5-6 years,
>> even here in Dallas...
>
>
> Are they Panasonic? I've seen amazing lifespans from older Panasonic
> batteries.
>

Not sure what they are. They are branded Nissan. They are the
old-fashioned type with 6 individual screw plugs over the cells & they seem
to only come on the Nissans imported from Japan. As long as you keep the
water up in them, they keep working.