Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp 1.2 08/01/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hp-pcd!john From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Re: Sears batteries revisited, and m Message-ID: <69600009@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 19-Sep-84 23:46:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.69600009 Posted: Wed Sep 19 23:46:00 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 04:34:02 EDT References: <57@umcp-cs.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR Lines: 23 Nf-ID: #R:umcp-cs:-5700:hp-pcd:69600009:000:1153 Nf-From: hp-pcd!john Sep 22 19:46:00 1984 The next time that you clean out your glove compartment you may want to throw out the 60 month warrenty card for the battery. Its about as useful as a cas- sette interface on a CRAY-1. Suppose your battery dies tommorow. Do you think that Sears will replace it if they think that its your alternator? Unless the battery cracks or refuses to take a charge you are probably stuck with it. BTW 20 amps is normal for most cars. I dont know how low it would have to be before you see trouble. You have to be careful with warrenties for for things like batteries and tires. Quite often a 60 month warrenty means that if it fails after 48 months then they will give you 20% off the cost of a new one. It becomes a way of getting you to by your next battery from them. It is then to their advantage to make the warrenty time GREATER than what they expect the item to last. The worst part is what if your alternator were really bad and you were buying a new battery because you had trouble starting your car in the mornings? They could have tested it first and suggested that you may not need to buy a battery after all. John Eaton !hplabs!hp-pcd!john