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Originally Posted by marblesyrup
Never heard that one! What's the reasoning there?
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many many moons ago, batteries didn't have the rigid plastic casing that they have now.
As such, putting it on the floor, the acid would seep through the casing, and allow for some conductivity, thus over time your battery would discharge a lot quicker, like measured in weeks, rather than a number of months when stored on a block of wood or a shelf.
For at least 20yrs+, batteries have been in a very rigid plastic case (which is all I remember as a 1st time driver), that eliminated this issue. These days a battery could be in a few inches of water and still be fine.
But I still see people put a battery on wood, rather than concrete. Not uncommon in an old service station, next to the battery charger equipment, to see some blocks of wood laying around.
