RW> Before I moved my workbench out of the garage, I maintained two batteries   
   RW> on one trickle charger as I mentioned above. One of those two was out of   
   RW> my 2001 Rodeo and came out of a Honda previous to being installed in the   
   RW> Rodeo. It had to be at least ten years old at the time. The trickle   
   RW> charger kept it at peak voltage, but when removed, it quickly died to a   
   RW> level of 9 volts.   
      
    MH> Sounds like a bad cell.  I had one in my old HD battery.  I would   
    MH> charge it all the way up, ride it somewhere, stop and get gas, and   
    MH> it wouldn't re-start.  It just couldn't hold a charge very long at   
    MH> all.     
      
   this is one reason why i have /never/ turned off my vehicle when fueling up...   
   that and it costs more in fuel to start one than it does to turn it off and   
   restart it... i've been known to leave my vehicle idling for hours at certain   
   times specifically because of the fuel consumption thing...   
      
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