>The battery dealer replaced it, and said that isn't supposed to happen.
>He mentioned that since Johnson took over the cases seem to be glued,
>not welded, and wondered if that might be half of the issue.
I'm sorry, Mark, but you got some bad info on that score. The cover sealing
is done the same way it was done before we arrived on the Optima scene.
(I've also been cleared exempt that remark from the standard disclaimer;
it's the real word from the engineer in charge. I'm not in the Optima area
here, but his cube isn't far away.)
We *have* changed the case a little; the new design should have hit the
sales outlets about 6 months ago, give or take. There's now a lip, the
intent of which is to help prevent the seal from being broken in the manner
Lee described. You find something else you think will help you work with
the battery, feel free to give a shout, hear? (Yeah, I know. *We'd* love it
if we made a 3-pound 600AH version of the YT, too. I mean we're trying, but
it's a ways off, yet. ;{>} )
Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 224
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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