Subject	And Rich's battery wasn't "venting" it was steaming
Posted by	dogpile on June 22, 2006 at 5:53 PM
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In Reply To	"miata guys tend to love them" = false posted by dogpile on June 22, 2006 at 05:49 PM
Message	or something. To the point it fogged the hatch window. But it wasn't steam-steam, it was battery gel or whatever-the-hell-is-in-those steam.
Follow Ups	My newly TT coverted engine bay... - BrysZ 14:52:15 06/22/06 blingtastic (n/m) - U ZCREAM 14:53:59 06/22/06 2nd - Adam (NoVA) 15:03:53 06/22/06 Wow (n/m) - Agent X 14:54:26 06/22/06 hot damn. (n/m) - stockplayerz (nyc) 14:57:23 06/22/06 looks good - 93silverTT 15:04:34 06/22/06 Hey wait, the fuse box isnt chromed... (n/m) - outazway 15:07:04 06/22/06 Calling Smithy... (n/m) - Got Z? 00:08:44 06/23/06 Looks very nice! (n/m) - Zirvana 15:08:50 06/22/06 So you like shiney parts? Good job! (n/m) - EricTTZ 15:11:05 06/22/06 Awesome! (n/m) - TheTwinZ (Peru) 15:18:03 06/22/06 looks great!!! (n/m) - Atl300zxTT (Less Lazy) 15:21:15 06/22/06 Oh my! That's nice. (n/m) - BradZ (FL) 15:22:23 06/22/06 nice... you should've gotten the redtop optima. (n/m) - RedSER13 15:22:25 06/22/06 function over form (n/m) - mousersix (San Antonio) 15:25:04 06/22/06 wrong answer. Optima = 100% garbage. - ni[X]it 15:35:06 06/22/06 Because of performance, or lack of better performace for - Zirvana 16:03:57 06/22/06 Better explain that one. I know you're going to bring up - Z-Jay (Edmonton, AB) 16:12:33 06/22/06 eh? - Spee 16:28:20 06/22/06 abuse = listening to Spee. By abuse I meant too many deep - Z-Jay (Edmonton, AB) 16:46:45 06/22/06 Boiler & Dogpile likely suffered some amount of drain bamage - TT XTZ 17:19:18 06/22/06 how can you tell? (n/m) - Guapo 17:30:23 06/22/06 You can't (n/m) - boileralum 22:04:58 06/22/06 Interesting. Any chance THAT battery had been OVER-charged - Z-Jay (Edmonton, AB) 17:34:29 06/22/06 "trunk". (n/m) - Z-Jay (Edmonton, AB) 17:37:37 06/22/06 "miata guys tend to love them" = false - dogpile 17:49:43 06/22/06 And Rich's battery wasn't "venting" it was steaming - dogpile 17:53:18 06/22/06 Well I could be wrong, not being a Miata guy myself. But I - Z-Jay (Edmonton, AB) 17:59:25 06/22/06 Did they say this fairly recently (earlier this year)? - dogpile 18:24:03 06/22/06 a trunk is not a hatch. (n/m) - Spee 17:51:21 06/22/06 That's fine. But making that distinction only brings up the - Z-Jay (Edmonton, AB) 18:01:06 06/22/06 It shouldn't ahve been overcharged, but I did have the - boileralum 22:09:39 06/22/06 Why did your bottle of NXT explode? (n/m) - Z-Jay (Edmonton, AB) 09:54:27 06/23/06 Re: Better explain that one. I know you're going to bring - ni[X]it 18:32:17 06/22/06 Interesting you've seen such a consistent failure history. - Z-Jay (Edmonton, AB) 18:41:40 06/22/06 looks good, congrats, welcome to tt.net (n/m) - CRAZZEPETE. 10:57:52 06/23/06 2nd, I'll never waste that money again - Mickie 16:14:51 06/22/06 How long did your first two last, and had you been deep - Z-Jay (Edmonton, AB) 16:21:24 06/22/06 First I had for maybe 3 months - Mickie 16:32:28 06/22/06 Interesting. What was the source of your drain? My first - Z-Jay (Edmonton, AB) 16:42:14 06/22/06 Yeah I think that is what killed mine - Mickie 16:47:45 06/22/06 Do you have an aftermarket alarm, and was your stock alarm - Z-Jay (Edmonton, AB) 16:52:00 06/22/06 There was once an aftermarket alarm installed - Mickie 16:55:42 06/22/06 how were you recharging the flat battery? - zxhoon 19:57:09 06/22/06 Then what battery would you say is "good" ? - ENVYMYZ 17:31:01 06/22/06 Re: Then what battery would you say is "good" ? - ni[X]it 18:28:50 06/22/06 I have no desire to put a "wet" conventional plate battery - Z-Jay (Edmonton, AB) 18:35:18 06/22/06 2nd, previous owner of my car did something to the old - zxhoon 19:58:39 06/22/06 depends on how you treat them im sure... - zxhoon 19:53:44 06/22/06 Death to redtops (n/m) - dogpile 17:17:43 06/22/06 So what battery do you gents recommend if the Red top sucks? (n/m) - Zownr4life 17:31:12 06/22/06 Very sharp... (n/m) - Pats300zx 15:28:29 06/22/06 wow!impressive (n/m) - AntiHero 15:48:05 06/22/06 whoa, well done! My engine will never look that good (n/m) - LJZTT 15:54:09 06/22/06 Re: My newly TT coverted engine bay... - zsoom 16:00:32 06/22/06 Definitely a beauty! - Mickie 16:12:27 06/22/06 Although a great battery, I think the yellow top detracts - Unluky (MO) 16:38:57 06/22/06 pimpin (n/m) - Invader 16:55:34 06/22/06 Not sure if you meant to reply to Unluky - timathiscott 17:18:12 06/22/06 No, see, he was looking to draw out the yellow touches of th - TT XTZ 17:23:17 06/22/06 That's what I saw too ;~) (n/m) - Barry'z (NJ) 21:00:05 06/22/06 why are so many people concerned about the color of the - Spee 17:53:20 06/22/06 feng shui (n/m) - Guapo 17:56:42 06/22/06 Re: feng shui - SactoTodd 18:03:38 06/22/06 Jealousy is a bitch. :/ - SactoTodd 18:02:21 06/22/06 Re: Jealousy is a bitch. :/ - Guapo 18:08:39 06/22/06 That's funny. (n/m) - ssm300z 18:17:33 06/22/06 LOL! (n/m) - Dustin 20:02:52 06/22/06 loose cannon (n/m) - LJZTT 20:25:21 06/22/06 Do you wear non-matching socks? Why not? (n/m) - Z-Jay (Edmonton, AB) 18:14:30 06/22/06 please tell me how you got from a car battery to socks. - Spee 21:28:24 06/22/06 color <-> coordination. You asked the question 'why' earlier (n/m) - Z-Jay (Edmonton, AB) 21:51:15 06/22/06 a battery is not a fashion accessory (n/m) - Spee 22:01:32 06/22/06 in an engine bay that bling, it is. (n/m) - vorpalZ 00:20:17 06/23/06 Bingo - I could care less what my battery looks like, but - Unluky (MO) 12:23:06 06/23/06 :reaches for shades: yoiks, shiny! (n/m) - vorpalZ 18:19:35 06/22/06 Re: My newly TT coverted engine bay... - supersayianjim 19:55:12 06/22/06 Bling festival, I would have gotten the chrome top. (n/m) - Turnerscasa (Dallas) 21:40:28 06/22/06 Nice - MJawn 21:47:04 06/22/06 Nice! (n/m) - DVDBURN (MD) 22:52:11 06/22/06 WOW! (n/m) - davidztt 23:22:27 06/22/06 really nice, except for the CF - naZeer (Dallas) 01:05:25 06/23/06 Very nice! (n/m) - SCOTTY1 05:34:36 06/23/06
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