Well if you bought the battery from Costco, you could just trade it in when
it dies...the first one lasted less than a year whereas the second one must
be 2 or 3 years old now.

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Mark L. Hineline <
hineline@ocotillofield.net> wrote:

> Speaking of batteries, I've read (several times) that starting
> batteries shouldn't be deeply discharged; it ruins them. I assumed
> that a starting battery would be shot in no time if used as an aux
> battery.
>
> But I've recently read that what actually happens is that the life of
> the battery is shortened, from five or six years to three.
>
> Not that I would take advantage of warranties, but finding an
> inexpensive group 41 battery and using it as an aux battery sounds
> potentially economical.
>
> Is the shorter-but-still-measurable-in-years story right?
>
> Mark
> '82 Westy
>

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