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Kayteg1
Dec 26, 2019Explorer II
There is lot to investigate when coming to batteries.
I quit buying deep charge 12V batteries, becouse the models sold by Costco had 24 months warranty and they promptly died after 25. At the same time Costco automotive batteries had 100 months warranty. Go figure.
Quality of batteries seem to go into nose dive lataly.
A year ago I bought Bosch automotive battery with 96 months warranty. Now another member wants to buy 1 and we recheck that the seller changed it to 36 months.
When generation ago good battery would last 12 or even 17 years in cars, now getting 5 years is good luck.
Not even talking about so-called "smart charging" system who recouping braking energy - kill the batteries in 2-3 years.
I quit buying deep charge 12V batteries, becouse the models sold by Costco had 24 months warranty and they promptly died after 25. At the same time Costco automotive batteries had 100 months warranty. Go figure.
Quality of batteries seem to go into nose dive lataly.
A year ago I bought Bosch automotive battery with 96 months warranty. Now another member wants to buy 1 and we recheck that the seller changed it to 36 months.
When generation ago good battery would last 12 or even 17 years in cars, now getting 5 years is good luck.
Not even talking about so-called "smart charging" system who recouping braking energy - kill the batteries in 2-3 years.
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