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In a message dated 1/31/2002 10:45:38 PM Mountain Standard Time, lancair.list@olsusa.com writes:

<< What happens when, 3 years down the road, the alternator goes out and the 30
minutes of battery power you had when the battery was brand new is now only
10 minutes. >>

Well, maybe you get what you deserve for mistreating your battery.  Battery capacity should not decay that far if the battery is properly maintained (kept charged, water topped up).  But it is a good point -- battery capacity will be somewhat less at end-of-life than at the beginning.

- Rob Wolf

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