Home Depot now selling batteries
I was in the local HD yesterday and wandered into the tool section looking for clearance items. There sat 2 racks of Exide automotive batteries. One rack was branded as Exide, the other Titan by Exide...
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Lynnmor wrote:
Yes, Walmart batteries are made by the same large companies, but I wonder if they are an inferior product. I have had so many problems with their batteries that I will never buy another. Walmart would pressure the supplier for the lowest possible cost.
Check warranties!
Buy your next (same) one from Costco - or First Interstate, or?....if it makes you feel better..:C
Find *YOUR* favorite brand - mfg by Johnson Controls - "Largest producer of private label lead acid batteries in North America."
"Johnson Controls supplies OEM batteries for Ford Motor Company, Daimler Chrysler, Honda, Toyota, Nissan, and Isusu."
May also now supply GM (AC Delco) - as Johnson bought out Delphi.
Exide:
Exide - (scroll to bottom of "History") - for bankruptcy info.
Also, beside the plant closures, Exide has "new" problems (closures, lawsuits, lead contamination in air/ground at their CA battery recycling facility).
Doesn't look like a rosy future.
Delphi:
Delphi = done!
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