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Valvoline (JCI) batteries are manufactured in the US and Mexico, nothing in common. PvtPublic August 30, 2022, 9:46am 12. TheWonderful90s: Higher CCA means that there are more electrodes in the battery, and that those electrodes are more fragile. The battery will be more easily harmed by over discharging.
Car owners all over the Internet confirm (and lament) the change. However, others wonder whether there’s really much difference: Both Interstate and the late Kirkland batteries are made by Johnson Controls. meanjoe75fan April 12, 2016, 11:46pm 3. Yes, “Kirkland” is Costco’s “house” brand label.
db4690 February 19, 2014, 7:47am 11. The aftermarket AC Delco batteries with the blue label (over the counter) are absolute crap, in my opinion. The factory AC Delco batteries with the gray label (the ones that are in the truck when you buy it new) tend to last 7 years in Southern California.
The EDTA chemical “Battery Restorer” claims to work by stripping the sulfate off the plates and in the end the resulting sulfur compound is deposited into the bottom of the battery, permanently lowering the S.G. of the electrolyte which lowers the capacity of the battery…The theory being that half a loaf is better than none, a last ditch ...
Whitey June 12, 2013, 10:17pm 2. That battery you just replaced must be at least a decade old, because I noticed prices going up on car batteries back in 2003. Heck, even a small lead-acid motorcycle battery costs $70-80 now. bing June 12, 2013, 11:00pm 3. Even Walmart was $70 about five years ago.
Many Manufactures require dealers to use the Midtronics GR8 to test batteries. This machine uses a combination of charge, load and conductance tests to check the battery. The Midtronics GR8 is being phased out, replaced by more modern equipment, the Midtronics DCA-8000. tcmichnorth April 15, 2020, 9:23am 19.
Driving a car only once every 2-3 weeks is tough on batteries. You might consider having someone wire a quick disconnect into the car and attach a battery tender to it. UncleTurbo May 8, 2011, 10:39am 6. Buy an Optima battery. Expensive, but the “dry cell” technology should last much longer for you.
A typical car battery, fully charged, stores about 30 amp-hours. The typical car, when everything off and parked, drains the battery at about 50 mA. So in 20 hours it would drain 50 x 20 = 1000 mA-hour = 1 amp-hour of charge from the battery. That would imply you could park the typical car with a typical car battery for a little less than 30 ...
Tester December 19, 2023, 11:40pm 2. The cheaper battery is a flooded cell battery and the more expensive battery is an Absorbed Glass Mat battery. AGM batteries are usually used when the vehicle is exposed to high vibration conditions. Tester. 2 Likes.
Agree with above posters; cars in the “north” have larger batteries because they need lots of cranking power (CCA)on cold days!! I lived in the tropics for 5 years and the battery in my car was about half the size of the one in my car back home. It filled only 2/3 of the battery case, since this model was also sold for export to Europe.