Need a new battery!
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Need a new battery!
What is a good battery to use in our trucks? I live in Central Florida, so it does get hot, humid, and it does freeze some during the winter? Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks in advance guys.
Thanks in advance guys.
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Definately not. Those things are WAY to expensive. I'm thinking about going with the DieHard Gold from Sears. I'm still in college, and my dad said if I bought it from there and put it on our charge account he'd pay for it. So I'm thinking that one is a winner.
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I second the "not a red top" I have had nothing but bad luck with them. They don't take a charge very well and after you drain them they never seem to recover properly. Although I did have one survive falling out of the bed of a truck @ 40mph.
I am running a walmart special everstart since my 5 yr old delco died. Seems to do fine with my 11:1
I am running a walmart special everstart since my 5 yr old delco died. Seems to do fine with my 11:1
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i have a yellow top but i say go with a duralast or a gel cell like a kinetic
duralast being a autozone battery, but i work at advance and out of all batteries they get turned in the least as bad.
duralast being a autozone battery, but i work at advance and out of all batteries they get turned in the least as bad.
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I'd never heard any bad on the Optima of any color. I thought they were just expensive bulletproof batteries that the stereo geeks loved?
BTW, what "group series" are our batteries?
BTW, what "group series" are our batteries?
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75 group series. I went ahead today and bought the Die Hard Gold at sears. I wanted the platinum but 119$ was enough to spend for one day on a battery. I'm going to put it in after class this evening. Once on Sunday and Monday I turned the key and all I got was "click click", I turned it off and turned it over again and it fired up a little slugish but it cranked. It has been a little slow to crank on cold mornings the past few months and now that it's getting hot I think the 5 year old AC Delco has had it.