"fish" <fishingrod45@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:47:30 -0500, "Howard" <Howardh@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>The life of a battery can differ significantly depending on where you
>>live.
>>Here in this part of the country (South) most car batteries won't make 4
>>years. Heat shortens their life measurably.
>>If you haven't heard, Honda has changed their battery warranty to 100
>>months
>>with free replacement up to 3 years if defective or fails. And their price
>>is very competitive right now. Make your decision soon if you do get a
>>Honda
>>battery because the price is going up a little on December 1. Up until
>>then
>>the price for the 100 month battery is the same as the previous 60 month
>>battery. The Honda batteries are currently manufactured and distributed
>>(at
>>least here in the south) by Interstate. They make very good quality
>>batteries.
>>Howard
>
>
> Howard,
>
> while we are on the topic, maybe you, or anyone really I dont mind,
> could answer a question i have. My car is a 2001 honda civic with
> about 50,000 miles, so i am about due for a new battery. I have a low
> voltage charger that i use on my lawnmower battery (12 volts), so my
> question is, can i squeeze some extra life from my car battery if i
> give it a good charging every month, or every weekend from now until
> it dies? I dont seem to have any starting problems at all right now.
>
One thing you can do for an old battery is use a charger that has a
"rejuvenate" setting. I have a Vector charger (available at Wal Mart) that
has such a setting. The theory is that when rejuvenating the charger uses
high frequency charging to vibrate the sulfates off of the plates, therby
adding time to the battery's life. YMMV.

WW