Re: New batteries don't last like the old ones

["Just Looking" <Spam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Back in the 1980's a 12 VDC 7 AH Yuasa cost about $20. I would buy them from
Radionics when I ordered a system. Many of those batteries (and entire
systems for that matter) held up well for 12 years or longer. I have not
seen anything like that from any manufacturer in terms of durability since
then. The pricing has gone down, but along with it so has the quality it
seems.

"Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Jul 9, 8:43 am, and...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Andrew Gabriel) wrote:
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> Was that a US thing?
> I haven't noticed any absence of Yuasa in the UK.
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I don't know. I just remember that I'd heard that Genesis had bought
them out but the battery quality would remain the same. I just
continued using them under the Genesis name. Now Yuasa brand is back
on the market so I'm using them.

> I had a Yuasa 6AH battery (NP6-12) which was removed from a panel in
> 1995 as part of routing swapout, but which I hung on to. It was working
> fine, driving a portable 12V lamp still with full capacity, until
> about 3 months ago, when it suddenly died. Thought that was quite
> good going.
>
> OTOH, I removed a 5 year old 7AH Yuasa (NP7-12) from a panel about
> a year ago, and found it only had 1AH capacity left. Not so impressed.
>
> Not enough data points to be statistically significant though.

I've used Yuasa for lots and lots of years certainly more than 20. A
few times during that period I tried a few other brands and inevitably
they fail at a faster rate than the Yuasa. I mark the date on the
batteries so it's pretty easy to know. I hear that the Elk batteries
are pretty good but since the Yuasa are available to me, I'll stick
with them.
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