re lead acid batteries concrete in article apr mprgate mpr ca vanderby mprgate mpr ca david vanderbyl writes in article tekig pen tek com alany tekig pen tek com alan yelvington writes the battery goes dead primarily becaust the floor is cold the temperature combined with self discharge promotes sulfation which ruins the plates of the battery i strongly suspect that the only reason the battery doesn t go dead as quickly on a dirt surface is because cement tends to be quite cooler please explain how cement is able to maintain a lower average temperature than dirt sheesh it s not the temperature it s the karma you see dirt has good karma since it s all organic and full of living things but cement is all squared off and artificial looking and has lost its karma in the process being a karma sink it sucks all of the good karma out of the battery which is no longer able to keep a charge because wood is also good and organic putting a board between the battery and the cement will fix the problems the buddha nature is in the acid but it is also in the lead plate the novice asked the master whether the spongy lead had more of the karma or whether the solid lead had it the master handed the novice a v b battery terminals downward and thus the novice was enlightened scott
