----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Lange" <[email protected]> > > I bought (3) SCS225 lead acid batteries less than four years ago. > then I discovered that there was only a one year warranty on them.
> found a few of folks that had similar experiences to mine and many who bad > mouthed Trojan. > Did I just get a stinker? Any good experiences to share? Can I expect > the other two to fail soon? > Philip REPLY Did you buy the most expensive battery you could find or did you select a 'good price deal'? Why did it take over three years to realize the warranty was only for one year. These days of disposable consumer equipment , having it last more than three times its warranty period is pretty good. Everybody builds products to a price point because this is what people look for when making a purchase decision. Trojan is middle of the road. Some of their products are great. But they also make a huge volume of stuff sold to low price retailers who only care to offer a brand name at the lowest possible price to get the sales. On a technical note. Why did the battery fail? Did it actually short out or did it stop taking a charge. Batteries can short out for several reasons. Warped plates due to high temps, either ambient or from continual trickle charging. Plates can short out if enough plate shedding takes place, or if the case is subjected to even a single impact shock, or continued but minute vibration. I have fished Trojans out of the dumpster and rejuvenated them. Some but not all of them responmd to recovery procedures. I have also had good brand name batteries short out. Upon dismantling the battery I found plate shedding was the culprit. Arild _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
