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Article: Surviving the cold.(Lead-Acid Batteries ...)
- Article from:
- The PS Preventive Maintenance Monthly
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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Cold weather is here and the hawk is out. But that doesn't mean you have to use only Hawker AGM batteries. Flooded lead-acid batteries can take you and your vehicles through the winter, too. You've gotta give them special care to survive the cold, though.
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A fully charged lead-acid battery loses a third of its cranking power at 32[degrees]F. At 0[degrees]F, it has less than half its cranking power, and at -20[degrees]F it has only 30 percent. If that's what happens to a battery in good shape, guess what happens to one that's in bad shape'?! So check your batteries now so they'll work when cold ...