re lead acid batteries concrete carter ames camter astro ocis temple edu wrote why does a lead acid battery discharge and become dead totally unuseable when stored on a concrete floor it could be that you stored it somewhere that it could become covered by moisture or damp air which would short out the terminals the same thing happens to my car citroen cv damp gets under the bonnet us hood and shorts the spark plugs to earth so it won t start the solution for the car is to clean the plug leads and spray with wd moisture repellant if damp is the problem then storing the battery off the ground may help i m not sure if spraying with wd would be safe since it is very flammable high percentage petroleum just a thought chris chris hand lecturer internet mail cph dmu ac uk dept of computing science voice x de montfort university the gateway fax fidonet leicester uk le bh linux free unix for ibm pcs
