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MEXICOWANDERER
Oct 12, 2020Explorer
Big box store batteries are poor and getting worse. I was forced to pay a hundred dollars for a dinky group 34 at Costco with a car stalled right next to the auto tire service doors. At least they do not argue like Wal Mart when the POS falls on it's face.
Wonderful. It's heavy, and has a 815 CCA rating. Just what a 6 cylinder car needs that has a gear reduction starter and a 95 amp real life cranking load.
Soon Califonia will be burning with 200 fires while neighboring states and Mexico have 6. Power will be shut off and a hundred grand will be sitting useless until wind dies down. 200 fires start naturally in Califonia now. The Mexican army caught people setting fires in northern Mexico. The helicopter swooped in and presto problem solved.
Major golf courses look ar the brand of battery in a rented car. You won't find gyro gizmo batteries. It's no secret why. Weekend warriors don't need top notch anything. But this seems to confuse some folks. For instance BFL13 has to wade through several dozen decisions before he decides on a battery type. An Arizona winter weekend warrior's choice is 1/10th as complicated. A rooftop paved with 315 watt panels makes life easier. Same with a three thousand watt generator. Some folks satisfy 3 days of camping with a single group 24 battery. That same battery falls on it's face in 3 hours with other campers.
Cold does not exist here. I dropped the specific gravity of the new 34 from 1.285 to 1.270 which may extend it's life by a year or two. It may have to suffer 10 hours or so parked behind a gas station feeding an Endless Breeze fan 1.3 amps. Maybe once a year. But the quiescient draw is 4 milliamps for the car.
The "Cheap At Any Cost" fetish that too many people seem to suffer about batteries is a hoot. The payback comes when they end up screwing themselves. They don't want to learn how to save money.
Wonderful. It's heavy, and has a 815 CCA rating. Just what a 6 cylinder car needs that has a gear reduction starter and a 95 amp real life cranking load.
Soon Califonia will be burning with 200 fires while neighboring states and Mexico have 6. Power will be shut off and a hundred grand will be sitting useless until wind dies down. 200 fires start naturally in Califonia now. The Mexican army caught people setting fires in northern Mexico. The helicopter swooped in and presto problem solved.
Major golf courses look ar the brand of battery in a rented car. You won't find gyro gizmo batteries. It's no secret why. Weekend warriors don't need top notch anything. But this seems to confuse some folks. For instance BFL13 has to wade through several dozen decisions before he decides on a battery type. An Arizona winter weekend warrior's choice is 1/10th as complicated. A rooftop paved with 315 watt panels makes life easier. Same with a three thousand watt generator. Some folks satisfy 3 days of camping with a single group 24 battery. That same battery falls on it's face in 3 hours with other campers.
Cold does not exist here. I dropped the specific gravity of the new 34 from 1.285 to 1.270 which may extend it's life by a year or two. It may have to suffer 10 hours or so parked behind a gas station feeding an Endless Breeze fan 1.3 amps. Maybe once a year. But the quiescient draw is 4 milliamps for the car.
The "Cheap At Any Cost" fetish that too many people seem to suffer about batteries is a hoot. The payback comes when they end up screwing themselves. They don't want to learn how to save money.
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