SWS,
I remember when they said you could not store your battery on a concrete
floor or it would discharge. They recommended storing the battery on wood.
Is this what you are talking about when you say old batteries were "leaky".


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 01:00:34 -0500, Richard J Kinch
wrote:

Clams Canino writes:

Old batteries were leaky and could sink the extra current to some
degree. These newer batteries don;t and the old charging systems cause
the voltage on the system to rise.

How has the basic lead-acid battery changed in the last, oh, 100 years?
How were they ever "leaky"?

They "leaked" current internally. New lead acid batteries are built
to different specs what with new plating and housing technology.

The basic principle is still the same though.

Later,

Tom