Miata Mailing List: March 1999, Message #208

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The WestCo is built exactly like your original stock Miata battery.
However - Mazda replacement batteries are wet cells made by Interstate.
Check out:

http://www.teammiata.com/TM420.htm
For details on the WestCo battery.
Also - I wouldn't worry too much about your battery yet. Original batteries
lasting five and six years are not unusual.

Ken



At 05:59 PM 3/1/99 -0500, tinabee3@juno.com wrote:
>When it comes time to replace my battery, is the stock Panasonic and the
>WestCo my only two choices? The one I have now is 3 1/2 years old, and
>will most likely need replacement soon. (FL heat kills batteries).
>
>OR...could I stock up on a couple of WestCo's, and stick 'em in the
>garage..that is, if they will hold up until such time they are needed? 
>It would be nice to find a battery locally that won't have the long-term
>effect of producing hazardous gases and causing rusting. Yes, I am aware
>that all batteries produce these gases-the battery for the Miata is
>vented to prevent disasters, as I've been informed, anyway.  I've been
>told gel-cell betteries for the Miata do not exist, and that the WestCo
>is not a gel cell.
>
>I would just like to avoid, if I can, having to wait more than three days
>for a new battery when the time comes....
>
>TIA:
>
>Tina C.
>"Workin' Woman's Porsche"
>'95 Miata
>tinabee3@juno.com
>"To Bliss: Top down, turn key, drive fast, pick the bugs out of teeth
>later. Repeat."
>
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