Dead Battery - why?

[H. L. Chauvin]

Mike K is correct in that the old batteries died slowly & that we never heard of quick kill batteries in the late 1940's & early 1950's that would totally die & leave one stranded in a parking lot or anywhere else.

Starters would begin to turn slowly when batteries got weak, but would turn.

When batteries got too weak to turn a starter, one could either push a car to get it going, crank it, or use jumper cables, but the battery had not totally died.

Also, batteries were "re-built" in those days, i.e., remove the weak cells & replace with new cells -- one could buy a "re-built" battery with a (6) month warranty for about $3.00 & some would last over (5) years.

Even remember guys with weak batteries that "never" were able to turn their engine over, so for 10 years or so they cranked, pushed, or used jumper cables every single day.

Thanks Mike for taking the time to explain the truthful, detailed explanation of modern pre-engineered battery obsolesence as opposed to relating some story like the large soda pop political explanation & false theory as to why so many Americans are fat.