re lead acid batteries concrete in article nx athena cs uga edu mcovingt aisun ai uga edu michael covington writes in article apr cronkite ocis temple edu camter astro ocis temple edu carter ames writes why does a lead acid battery discharge and become dead totally unuseable when stored on a concrete floor i decided to bring the battery in from the lawn mower and the motorcycle from the unheated garage this year to preserve them and i just went to use them and noticed that not only do they not work but they act like the two terminals are shorted i asked a friend and he said that you should never do that cause it ruins them but he couldn t tell me why this topic was beaten to death a year or so ago it seems to me that the original question was for advice on his problem not a history lesson i think that if this question comes up from time to time then people should get a civil answer the concrete is not the problem lead acid batteries often fail from disuse not being charged for a long time but there s no way the concrete floor could be the cause of the problem could anyone please explain what happens with a battery and is there any cure to get it back into life michael a covington associate research scientist artificial intelligence programs mcovingt ai uga edu the university of georgia phone athens georgia u s a amateur radio n tmi
