Westco dead again.

Chuck wrote:
> I'm beginning to hate 12v batteries!
> So far in the last two months or so.
> Batteries on lawnmower, leaf vacuum, Miata, and yesterday, the emergency
> 15kw generator battery gave me trouble!
> (Slow charge, and then sort of OK until next time.)
> Not to mention that two of the computer backup units had bad batteries!
> It was not worth the trouble to replace the backup ups batteries, just
> replaced the whole thing. Replacement batteries cost almost as much as a
> whole new unit.
> The Miata battery (earlier in the thread) was still usable, but did not
> have much over 50% rated capacity available. (Replaced)
> During the Christmas holidays, my wife's 05 Impala battery failed and had to
> be replaced. Quit in the W-Mart parking lot.
> No one around at about mid-night in the W/M automotive section, and the
> correct replacement battery was not on the ready rack.
> Jump started the 05 to get it home, and got a new battery the next day.
> This afternoon, my old Garmin GPS complained about a "Low Memory Battery"
> (with new AA batteries yet!) There must be one of the coin cells inside.
> There must be a conspiracy going to keep the battery Mfrs afloat!

I'm real happy right now with the advances in white LED technology for
flashlights. I have a light that produces 135 lumens and lasts for as
long as 2.5 hours.
The other, older tactical light that I have will do 125 lumens for only
60 minutes on a more expensive battery. The LED bulb will also last
longer and it is more resistant to recoil.

Yeah, a bunch of high-dollar batteries going out at once can really suck.

Pat

pws wrote:

> I'm real happy right now with the advances in white LED technology for
> flashlights. I have a light that produces 135 lumens and lasts for as
> long as 2.5 hours.
> The other, older tactical light that I have will do 125 lumens for only
> 60 minutes on a more expensive battery. The LED bulb will also last
> longer and it is more resistant to recoil.
>
> Yeah, a bunch of high-dollar batteries going out at once can really suck.
>
> Pat

Make that, the LED bulb is more resistant to "shock". Wrong group. ;-)

Pat