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Re: When You Dial 911, Can Help Find You?
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| In article <1192ab7tfhsvg3f@corp.supernews.com>, Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote:
>All true, but the maintenance-free nature of the newer gel-cell batts,
>despite the shorter life spans, are thermally more stable, occupy less
>space and can be recycled. VRLA batts require regular hands-on
>maintenance, are comparatively huge, and cost more to dispose of even
>after their longer-term life.
The VRLAs are the "maintanence free" ones. Many of the telecom folks are
going back to wet cells (if they have the space), as they have a lower
life-cycle cost (at least for the purchase/maintanence cycle - I don't know of
differences in disposal costs).
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