Re: Redefining eternity

On 12/22/2024 4:31 PM, dsi1 wrote:

On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 21:20:10 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
 

On 2024-12-22 3:33 p.m., dsi1 wrote:

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I have heard that in the early days, car batteries used to last a lot
longer. When you got rid of a car, you took the battery out and
installed it in another car. Well that's what my electronics teacher
said. I don't know if I put much credence in his claim.

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I don't know why he would make a claim like that. I have not noticed
that in my experience. I would think there has been a major reduction in
the number of cars not starting on cold days, but that could be due to
the fuel and ignition systems being so much better.  You don't need to
mess around with a choke and engines tend to start right away instead of
having to be cranked for extended periods. My Honda is 13 years old and
has had only one new battery.
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I replaced my motorcycle battery last fall. It was 6 years old, and that
is not a bad battery life. The Toyota my wife had needed a new battery
after she had had it our years, and who knows how old it was when we got
the car.

 My assumption is that he was talking about a time before you or I was
born.

That could be and they were probably very expensive many years ago.
I've replaced quite a few over the past 63 years of car ownership. If the battery was more than three years old, I'd replace it in December following year three.  That way I was not jump starting and then replacing it in a January snowstorm.
Last car was four years and replaced it before starting a rather long trip out west, possibly many miles between auto shops.  Cheap insurance.