[T3] I pulled my Interstate battery july 12th to check thelevel, found the Interstae MT-42 was leaking.

[William J]

 I should have said recycled . It gets confusing at least to me. I know 
Interstate melts all the lead down and sometimes if the acid/water is good 
they did say they might reuse it and if not they us it for things like 
making glass ext. They recycle the cases since it's plastic to make new 
ones.

 The part I wonder about is why the three Interstate MT-42 batteries I got 
each have scuff marks on the bottom mostly and some on the sides . It's 
probably through shipping from the plant where they built them to the local 
ditributor  then to the dealer I pick it up from  . It's slid on and off 
shelves and then trucks . I don't care what the bottom looks like as long as 
there are no deep grooves in it so far it's been just scuffing.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org>
To: <type3 at vwtype3.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2017 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] I pulled my Interstate battery july 12th to check 
thelevel, found the Interstae MT-42 was leaking.


> On 15 Jul 2017 at 16:49, William J wrote:
>
>> On these group 42 batteries are all of them rebuilt ?
>
> To the best of my knowledge, no car batteries are rebuilt. The lead and 
> acid
> gets recycled, melted down, and may go into new batteries, but nothing 
> goes
> into the new battery in the same condition that it came out of an old one. 
> I
> think rebuilding used to be a "thing" in the very old 6 V days, when 
> battery
> cases were wood and individual cells could be replaced.
>
> -- 
> *******************************
> Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
> *******************************
>
> _______________________________________________
> VWType3.Org mailing list - type3 at vwtype3.org
> To unsubscribe or change subscription options, visit:
> http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org
> If you need more help, contact: gregm at vwtype3.org
> 


---
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus