good place to get batteries?
good place to get batteries?
My truck needs a new battery, anyplace you guys would recomend either online or in person?
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what class size is it?ttocs wrote:My truck needs a new battery, anyplace you guys would recomend either online or in person?
I have exchanged this batter 2 different times at wallmart, never had an issue before I got thier brand. I could exchange it there but I am tired of going out to start it and finding it dead for no reason. I hooked an amp meter up to it and there is no abnormal draw, just shitty batts from what I can tell.
Not sure if I want to step up to an optima. The only amp in the truck is my octane LE but that is not to say that it can't kill that electrical system.
Not sure if I want to step up to an optima. The only amp in the truck is my octane LE but that is not to say that it can't kill that electrical system.
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My yellow top was over 10 years old in my truck before it started giving me problems.
Why don't you buy a stinger battery for your mustang and put the battery from it in your truck.
Why don't you buy a stinger battery for your mustang and put the battery from it in your truck.
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I've had nothing but the red tops in my cars since day one and have never had an issue with them, ya get what ya pay for. Also chack out Kinetik, supposed to be 1 of the best batteries on the market an I run an HC800 with my red top.oldschoolfan wrote:I had an optima red top in my nissan for 13 years and sold the car. Never an issue. Could still be working for all I know. I think it was worth the money.
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Actually if you read the review on the AAMP website kinetics are not really that great and don't do what they claim too. Not sure if it was an independant study or a paid info-mercial type study by AAMP .dvnt88 wrote:I've had nothing but the red tops in my cars since day one and have never had an issue with them, ya get what ya pay for. Also chack out Kinetik, supposed to be 1 of the best batteries on the market an I run an HC800 with my red top.oldschoolfan wrote:I had an optima red top in my nissan for 13 years and sold the car. Never an issue. Could still be working for all I know. I think it was worth the money.
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the mustang has a HO alt, while my octane is still in the process of killing my trucks stock alt. The mustang has no power issues at all and when the stock alt dies in the truck then I will upgrade it.
After living in the desert of phoenix for the last 10 yrs it will be nice to have a batter last longer then 2-3 yrs. The heat of the summer just cooks them infact if you leave a car all summer and not run it, it will kill the battery.
optima is not sounding too bad, wonder if zac has some stingers in the warehouse?
After living in the desert of phoenix for the last 10 yrs it will be nice to have a batter last longer then 2-3 yrs. The heat of the summer just cooks them infact if you leave a car all summer and not run it, it will kill the battery.
optima is not sounding too bad, wonder if zac has some stingers in the warehouse?
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You took a good step by checking for parasitic current draw. What was the draw on your battery at rest? Assuming the draw was within reason, I would double check your charging system. Autozone and Checker will do a load test free of charge. You can run into a dummy at those parts stores though so it never hurts to get a second opinion!
There are a lot of good batteries out there. I too have had good luck with red top Optimas. What's most important is getting your new battery from a place you know will stand behind it. I've seen countless "new" batteries die prematurely, both cheapies and premium brands. Its fairly common to find no fault in the electrical system when this happens too. Keep in mind that you never know how long that new battery has been sitting on the shelf at the store you bought it, let alone in the distribution channels before the store. Sometimes you just get a lemon!
There are a lot of good batteries out there. I too have had good luck with red top Optimas. What's most important is getting your new battery from a place you know will stand behind it. I've seen countless "new" batteries die prematurely, both cheapies and premium brands. Its fairly common to find no fault in the electrical system when this happens too. Keep in mind that you never know how long that new battery has been sitting on the shelf at the store you bought it, let alone in the distribution channels before the store. Sometimes you just get a lemon!
I have a digital voltage gauge that I monitor and I have not seen any voltage drops to assume the alt was going bad. Now even after putting it on a 6amp charger all day it still will not hold a charge. The only reason I bought it from walmart was that I found the first dead one at 5:30 in the morning and they were the only store open, next time I will wait 4 hrs before I buy one from wally world.
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check the cells....or if you have a multimeter start it and take a reading ....if under 12 volts alt is bad...ttocs wrote:I have a digital voltage gauge that I monitor and I have not seen any voltage drops to assume the alt was going bad. Now even after putting it on a 6amp charger all day it still will not hold a charge. The only reason I bought it from walmart was that I found the first dead one at 5:30 in the morning and they were the only store open, next time I will wait 4 hrs before I buy one from wally world.
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i have a stinger spv1700 (think so anyways) removed it from my truck when i got the red top... why did i remove it... well i really dont remember... but do know a buddy of mine used the battery to test some amps of his and mine in his basement for a couple months until he got a PS set up... BUT i have the stinger back now.
want me to send it to you? it is a biggy and a heavy bastard too! cover the shipping and you can have it! maybe try that out first- i dunno... might beat having to buy a new battery though... or maybe there was a reason for my removal of it.. i truly cant remember... but lmk wyt if anything- if anything maybe it would prolong your battery purchase anyways...?
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want me to send it to you? it is a biggy and a heavy bastard too! cover the shipping and you can have it! maybe try that out first- i dunno... might beat having to buy a new battery though... or maybe there was a reason for my removal of it.. i truly cant remember... but lmk wyt if anything- if anything maybe it would prolong your battery purchase anyways...?
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Hopefully he means he replaced the stinger yellow Stinger battery with a red Stinger battery. Just as an FYI the Stinger yellow have a 1 year OTC warranty and the reds have a 3 year OTC (we don't screw around with pro-rating)
Also the battery test we did was done by a independent lab, JBI, which is all they do, test batteries. We honestly need to know if the blue battery makers knew something we didn't about making batteries we didn't. Come to find out the blue natts are just oversized UPS batteries
Also the battery test we did was done by a independent lab, JBI, which is all they do, test batteries. We honestly need to know if the blue battery makers knew something we didn't about making batteries we didn't. Come to find out the blue natts are just oversized UPS batteries
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duralast autozone battery's are some of the best standard battery's around on my mercedes diesel one has survived majorly brutal winter punishment. when it gets below 32 out my car is very hard to start even with new glowplugs it can take over 30 minutes to get it started and i have to crank on it for long duration's. even after all that punishment it can still power my big boy amps and deliver some window flexin bass. mind you it is a 1000 amp battery but that's what the car call's for ive even left a zx450 on all nite with the fan running and the car still started the next day all in all i got my money's worth many times over.
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Fuel lines and tank won't have a heater in it.tonym wrote:fuel bowl should have some sort of heater in it...The Golden One wrote:it's not the battery it's that diesel fuel gels up below 32 degrees and wont flow right and is almost imposable to start.
try a dash of starting fluid...
Have you owned this car since new??
Stop by a diesel shop and try to find conditioner or anti-gel for the winter months.
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