Is the battery used for anything besides
powerfail recovery?

What if you have a non-critical system?

Can the battery be removed and "shunted"
for safety reasons and still have a working
system?

Tracy M. Johnson
TRW Automotive Electronics
Sensors & Components


-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Toback [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 6:03 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Threaded Archive Outage, and Caution


James Byrne writes:

>What is the useful lifespan of a sealed lead-acid battery?

Well, it's less than 14 years, 'cuz the one in our Micro3000 is dead :-).
(Need to replace *that* before the next power failure, too.)