Preferred starting battery mfgr
Looks like I might need a new battery. I usually get about 7 years from them, but this one appears to be on its way out after only about 3. A local mechanic swears by Johnson Controls. He says they...
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If a car battery will see some cycling, it makes perfect sense to choose AGM. Trojan is another company that manufactures batteries in the USA on both coasts.
A lot of today's common brand battery failures are caused by garbage grade recycled lead. Any AGM battery OEM will hoot "100% virgin lead" in it's ads. They don't hoot for the fun of it.
I'm beginning to believe the only way to insure getting a starting battery these days that will grow gray whiskers before it dies, is to go with AGM.
Old-fashioned quality Pb has to undergo a 100% re-refining process that is FAR and away more expensive to perform than refining decent grade lead from a mine. So manufacturers resign themselves to using mud and the name of the game is beer can grade recycling. Beer can grade aluminum is a hell of a lot purer than recycled battery lead. Why don't you ask Rolls Battery if they use common "recycled" lead? There's a reason for it.
A lot of today's common brand battery failures are caused by garbage grade recycled lead. Any AGM battery OEM will hoot "100% virgin lead" in it's ads. They don't hoot for the fun of it.
I'm beginning to believe the only way to insure getting a starting battery these days that will grow gray whiskers before it dies, is to go with AGM.
Old-fashioned quality Pb has to undergo a 100% re-refining process that is FAR and away more expensive to perform than refining decent grade lead from a mine. So manufacturers resign themselves to using mud and the name of the game is beer can grade recycling. Beer can grade aluminum is a hell of a lot purer than recycled battery lead. Why don't you ask Rolls Battery if they use common "recycled" lead? There's a reason for it.
