re lead acid batteries concrete 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 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 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
