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Originally Posted by tnsen
yes i have a question there jimmy......dont you think it would be better to have a maint free battery?? ... seems like it would take some of the worry out of topping off the water (mine was almost 1/2 down last fall when i removed it for the winter,) plus i always worry that acid is going to spill out the side, getting all over, removing paint and ruining chrome, yep thats from personal experience from my bonniville ,it did a lot of bad things to my pain and chrome...wich im still touching up.........tom
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Well, how long does a maintenance free battery last? It seems to me to be about the same length of time as a wet battery and the only difference is that you don't check the condition of a MF battery until it fails -- hopefully in your garage.
My experience with MF batteries in cars is that they last a few months longer than the warranty. Also, if you remove those 'do not remove' plugs in the top of the battery you'll find out that the fluid level drops in a MF battery just like in a cheap battery. The only real difference is that the MF batteries seem to hold more fluid.
If it was truly 'maintenance free' it would literally last forever. That it doesn't, means that 'MF' is just advertising hype.
Jim
