Maybe I *CAN* get a Green Battery...

n 1987, Yuasa/Exide Battery Corporation evolved when General Battery sold
its company to Exide Corporation. Yuasa/Exide Battery Corporation
purchased Exide's Industrial Division (Motive Power and stand by
batteries) in 1991 to form Yuasa Inc.

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:20:36 GMT, Hachiroku <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote:
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>n 1987, Yuasa/Exide Battery Corporation evolved when General Battery sold
>its company to Exide Corporation. Yuasa/Exide Battery Corporation
>purchased Exide's Industrial Division (Motive Power and stand by
>batteries) in 1991 to form Yuasa Inc.
>[/color]

IIRC, Yuasa's are the stock batteries for motorcycles (at least for my
Honda).

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"Noneyabusiness" <TopSecret@Need2No.com> wrote in message
news:s511h2h5ligjm2qre3c2vmnhft4p6caidf@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:20:36 GMT, Hachiroku <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote:
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>>n 1987, Yuasa/Exide Battery Corporation evolved when General Battery sold
>>its company to Exide Corporation. Yuasa/Exide Battery Corporation
>>purchased Exide's Industrial Division (Motive Power and stand by
>>batteries) in 1991 to form Yuasa Inc.
>>[/color]
>
> IIRC, Yuasa's are the stock batteries for motorcycles (at least for my
> Honda).
>
> ...[/color]

Yeah, they are, but they only sell motorcycle batteries in the US. I believe
it has ALWAYS been that way.
Even if you needed a replacement battery for a Toyota, they would replace it
with something else. The ONLY way to get one of those batteries was to buy a
new Toyota.

Hachiroku wrote:

Buy a Bosch one. Ive had them on my cars and never had a problem with
them even with extended drained periods and lots of cold starting. My
latest one was £40 from costco and came with a 4 year guarantee! Cant
go wrong at that rate, £10 per year!

On 20 Sep 2006 05:46:13 -0700, "Coyoteboy" <coyoteboyuk@hotmail.com>
wrote:
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>
>Hachiroku wrote:
>
>Buy a Bosch one. Ive had them on my cars and never had a problem with
>them even with extended drained periods and lots of cold starting. My
>latest one was £40 from costco and came with a 4 year guarantee! Cant
>go wrong at that rate, £10 per year![/color]

The company I work for has batteries labelled with their brand, and I
was told their main supplier is Exide. I've had good luck with them.

Delco batteries also seem to be pretty good, as do Die Hard ones. I
also had good luck with a Champion battery I bought at Sam's Club.

I remember seeing once in a review in Consumer's Reports that what
mattered the most was the age of the battery when you bought it and
how it had been stored.

Slightly off-topic (or maybe not), but I was reading an article this
morning about the NanoSafe battery. They were talking about using
these in UPSes in Datacenters, but they're also evidently starting to
use them in electric cars. They operate well from -58 to +170 degrees
F, can be recharged tens of thousands of times, recharge in minutes
instead of hours, and are about half the weight and volume of
equivalent lead-acid batteries.

[url]http://www.altairnano.com/[/url]


I also recently saw some fuel cells intended to replace generators for
backup power for datacenters. Pretty nifty, and they're evidently
working out quite well. The one I saw was 19" wide, about 30" tall,
and about 24" deep. (The 19" wide is so it can fit inside a standard
rack.)

A more general statement about electricity was:

100% - The probability of another ‘August 14, 2003’ wide area
outage in the next 5 years (infrastructure investment is at an all
time low). (DOE)

I took a tour of Hoover Dam while in Nevada. Very impressive. They're
also taking a lot of anti-terrorist measures, including banning almost
all commercial vehicles from crossing the dam. So you people in AZ and
CA can sleep better knowing that. On the other hand, water levels in
Lake Mead are extremely low due to droughts and increased demand for
water downstream, so power generation is down. On the third hand, you
fishermen better get over there. I've never seen so many bass and such
large ones.

On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:26:02 -0400, Stuart Krivis
<jd@mongo.krivis.com> wrote:
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>On 20 Sep 2006 05:46:13 -0700, "Coyoteboy" <coyoteboyuk@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
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>>
>>Hachiroku wrote:
>>
>>Buy a Bosch one. Ive had them on my cars and never had a problem with
>>them even with extended drained periods and lots of cold starting. My
>>latest one was £40 from costco and came with a 4 year guarantee! Cant
>>go wrong at that rate, £10 per year![/color]
>
>The company I work for has batteries labelled with their brand, and I
>was told their main supplier is Exide. I've had good luck with them.
>
>Delco batteries also seem to be pretty good, as do Die Hard ones. I[/color]

I got EIGHT YEARS of service from my last Die Hard! :-o

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>also had good luck with a Champion battery I bought at Sam's Club.[/color]
[snip]

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On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:26:02 -0400, Stuart Krivis wrote:
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> On 20 Sep 2006 05:46:13 -0700, "Coyoteboy" <coyoteboyuk@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
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>>
>>Hachiroku wrote:
>>
>>Buy a Bosch one. Ive had them on my cars and never had a problem with
>>them even with extended drained periods and lots of cold starting. My
>>latest one was £40 from costco and came with a 4 year guarantee! Cant
>>go wrong at that rate, £10 per year![/color]
>
> The company I work for has batteries labelled with their brand, and I
> was told their main supplier is Exide. I've had good luck with them.[/color]


If you read what I posted, Yuasa merged with Exide in this country!


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>
> Delco batteries also seem to be pretty good, as do Die Hard ones. I
> also had good luck with a Champion battery I bought at Sam's Club.
>
> I remember seeing once in a review in Consumer's Reports that what
> mattered the most was the age of the battery when you bought it and
> how it had been stored.
>
> Slightly off-topic (or maybe not), but I was reading an article this
> morning about the NanoSafe battery. They were talking about using
> these in UPSes in Datacenters, but they're also evidently starting to
> use them in electric cars. They operate well from -58 to +170 degrees
> F, can be recharged tens of thousands of times, recharge in minutes
> instead of hours, and are about half the weight and volume of
> equivalent lead-acid batteries.
>
> [url]http://www.altairnano.com/[/url]
>
>
> I also recently saw some fuel cells intended to replace generators for
> backup power for datacenters. Pretty nifty, and they're evidently
> working out quite well. The one I saw was 19" wide, about 30" tall,
> and about 24" deep. (The 19" wide is so it can fit inside a standard
> rack.)
>
> A more general statement about electricity was:
>
> 100% - The probability of another ‘August 14, 2003’ wide area
> outage in the next 5 years (infrastructure investment is at an all
> time low). (DOE)
>
> I took a tour of Hoover Dam while in Nevada. Very impressive. They're
> also taking a lot of anti-terrorist measures, including banning almost
> all commercial vehicles from crossing the dam. So you people in AZ and
> CA can sleep better knowing that. On the other hand, water levels in
> Lake Mead are extremely low due to droughts and increased demand for
> water downstream, so power generation is down. On the third hand, you
> fishermen better get over there. I've never seen so many bass and such
> large ones.[/color]

On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:42:35 GMT, Hachiroku <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote:
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>On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:26:02 -0400, Stuart Krivis wrote:
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>> On 20 Sep 2006 05:46:13 -0700, "Coyoteboy" <coyoteboyuk@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>>
>>>Hachiroku wrote:
>>>
>>>Buy a Bosch one. Ive had them on my cars and never had a problem with
>>>them even with extended drained periods and lots of cold starting. My
>>>latest one was £40 from costco and came with a 4 year guarantee! Cant
>>>go wrong at that rate, £10 per year![/color]
>>
>> The company I work for has batteries labelled with their brand, and I
>> was told their main supplier is Exide. I've had good luck with them.[/color]
>
>
>If you read what I posted, Yuasa merged with Exide in this country!
>[/color]

Yes, but they're still using the Exide brand and technologies as far
as I know, and I was also just saying that they make good batteries.
:-)

On 20 Sep 2006 05:46:13 -0700, Coyoteboy <coyoteboyuk@hotmail.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> Buy a Bosch one. Ive had them on my cars and never had a problem with
> them even with extended drained periods and lots of cold starting. My
> latest one was £40 from costco and came with a 4 year guarantee! Cant
> go wrong at that rate, £10 per year![/color]

Costco near me only has Kirkland batteries made by Johnson. I know
that, because I just had to replace the OEM battery in my 1996 Ford.

sdb

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>
> Costco near me only has Kirkland batteries made by Johnson. I know
> that, because I just had to replace the OEM battery in my 1996 Ford.
>
> sdb[/color]


Curious. Costco US (?) must be different from UK.

In article <1159913704.951180.50800@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>
[email]coyoteboyuk@hotmail.com[/email] "Coyoteboy" writes:
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> [...] Costco US (?) must be different from UK.[/color]

No, Costco is the same company in the US, UK &c. They may carry
a different range of products in each country, though.
--
Andrew Stephenson