Re: HOW old is that battery?



Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:

On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:04:58 +0000, Sharx35 wrote:

I just replaced the original battery in my 99 Camry. I thought it was a
Panasonic. It hadn't failed but I did NOT want to risk
being trapped in the Canadian sub-Arctic with a dead battery.

Probably was. They're shipped from Japan with Panasonic batteries.
Amazing you got that much out of a Panasonic battery. I like Panasonic
stuff, but have not had good luck with their car batteries. Two have gone
bad in two years!

Also bad are Panasonic oil-filled high voltage capacitors for
microwave ovens. Two in a row failed in less than a year, while their
no-name replacement has been fine for five years.

I change car batteries when they reach five years because so many of
mine (Johnson, Delco) shorted a cell by then, no matter how well they
were cared for.
.

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