Re: Acid Free?

["VanDerWal, Peter" <vanderwp@fhu.disa.mil>]

>This brings a question up from a few months back. I was reading the
>Electrathon America Tech rules, and the use of "starting batteries" is
>specifically prohibited, and it seemed irregardless of flooded or sealed
>types.
>
>Why would the rules specifically prevent a competitor from cutting their
>range performance short by using "starting batteries"?

Because they DON'T shorten your range, they extend it.  Starting batteries
generally hold MORE energy than deep cycle batteries.  The problem is they
don't last as long in cycle life, generally a couple dozen deep cycles and
they're toast.  This is wasteful and counter to the general idea behind
electrathons.  

Besides only the rich teams can afford to buy a new set of batteries every
couple races ;-)