Thanks all for your inputs. My civic actually works fine now. I
cleaned up the battery a little. And no problem whatsoever for 4 days
already. Of course, I never tried leaving it for more than overnight.
But I will stay put till problem comes back up.

I didn't think I left anything on last time if failed.

Tony

"WaterWatcher" <replytogroup@donotmail.com> wrote in message news:<ZKRrd.134204$5K2.60294@attbi_s03>...
> "fish" <fishingrod45@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:a4hoq0p9c387t4idi7hkp9i1pukph9kfc2@4ax.com...
> > 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