Re: Best Battery picks for a daily driver?
[Re: BcudaChris]
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03/07/19 01:06 PM
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I would say an AGM battery. Given the nature of the electrical systems, and how much the average hobby car sits, you'll get rid of the vented battery gas under your hood eating away at finish, wiring, etc. I run a Duralast Platinum. With the always available Advance Auto online coupons, they can be had for 160 or so, a fair bit less than an Optima or other equivalent. Time for an AGM battery story.... On June 14, 2017 my truck died somewhere in Georgia in a Hardee’s parking lot is where it stopped. A whole AAA debacle that night left me frustrated and sleeping in my truck. Lucky for me I could see an Autozone, slept in my truck, woke up, ate Breakfast at Hardee’s (duh) and walked to Autozone. I bought a new alternator and two AGM batteries ($185 each). Put it all back together and drove home. Winter hits in 17/18 and if it’s below 30 degrees and my truck isn’t plugged in I have to jump it, so I start plugging it in all the time from November to March. Spring, summer and fall no issues, this winter shows up and I’m back to having to plug it in or it’s dead. So on Monday after I was late to an appointment because I had to jump it I drove to Autozone and got them replaced, not with AGM’s though I went back to lead acids. I have left my truck unplugged everyday since and can go out and fire it up anytime I want with no issue. Long story short, AGM is not good for cold climates (in my opinion).
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Re: Best Battery picks for a daily driver?
[Re: cdwmotorsports]
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03/07/19 01:26 PM
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I would say an AGM battery. Given the nature of the electrical systems, and how much the average hobby car sits, you'll get rid of the vented battery gas under your hood eating away at finish, wiring, etc. I run a Duralast Platinum. With the always available Advance Auto online coupons, they can be had for 160 or so, a fair bit less than an Optima or other equivalent. Time for an AGM battery story.... On June 14, 2017 my truck died somewhere in Georgia in a Hardee’s parking lot is where it stopped. A whole AAA debacle that night left me frustrated and sleeping in my truck. Lucky for me I could see an Autozone, slept in my truck, woke up, ate Breakfast at Hardee’s (duh) and walked to Autozone. I bought a new alternator and two AGM batteries ($185 each). Put it all back together and drove home. Winter hits in 17/18 and if it’s below 30 degrees and my truck isn’t plugged in I have to jump it, so I start plugging it in all the time from November to March. Spring, summer and fall no issues, this winter shows up and I’m back to having to plug it in or it’s dead. So on Monday after I was late to an appointment because I had to jump it I drove to Autozone and got them replaced, not with AGM’s though I went back to lead acids. I have left my truck unplugged everyday since and can go out and fire it up anytime I want with no issue. Long story short, AGM is not good for cold climates (in my opinion). I agree, they do suffer some in cold climates and diesels really take their toll on them in cold weather. I’m still running lead acid in the diesel and have had great luck with the Walmart XXtream batteries in it, 8 years on my last set.
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Re: Best Battery picks for a daily driver?
[Re: BcudaChris]
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03/07/19 01:50 PM
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AGM's are a lead acid battery. they just don't have liquid acid sloshing about like the old school removable cap flooded cells you grew up with.
They say there are no such thing as a stupid question. They say there is always the exception that proves the rule. Don't be the exception.
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Re: Best Battery picks for a daily driver?
[Re: Supercuda]
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03/07/19 03:20 PM
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Around here NAPA has the better prices and comparable warranties. Been using NAPA Legends for years,never a problem !
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Re: Best Battery picks for a daily driver?
[Re: njmopar]
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03/07/19 10:42 PM
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AGM's do just fine with deep discharge, if they are designed for deep discharge usage, just like flooded cells.
Just like any battery it has to be used properly and be designed for the expected use.
That is why car starting batteries don't do as well as deep cycle batteries in deep discharge applications.
Not designed for it.
After all the industrial and commercial sized UPS' I work on use AGM batteries in deep discharge applications.
They say there are no such thing as a stupid question. They say there is always the exception that proves the rule. Don't be the exception.
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Re: Best Battery picks for a daily driver?
[Re: 65pacecar]
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03/07/19 10:49 PM
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Ive been using the AGM batteries from Sams Club, had great luck with them so far. …...Me too
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Re: Best Battery picks for a daily driver?
[Re: cdwmotorsports]
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03/08/19 05:07 AM
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.... A whole AAA debacle that night left me frustrated and sleeping in my truck. AAA as in AAA roadside? If so (if you don't mind me asking) what left you frustrated? I used to work for a towing company that honored AAA and I did the battery service. A lot of interesting stuff I learned doing so. I already had a good grasp on automotive batteries but when you install 12-15 batteries on a good day you learn a heck of a lot more. And yes I've had my share of bad service calls with lunatic customers. However I've heard horror stories about bad AAA battery installers as well. To honor the thread topic, I've had luck with Dura-Last (gold) and bad luck with Die Hard. ![beer beer](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/custom/beer.gif)
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Re: Best Battery picks for a daily driver?
[Re: mopars4ever]
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03/09/19 01:00 AM
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i have a interstate that was slightly used ,and i put it on a tender about 2 yrs ago,reckon its still any good?,i could check it ,but havent,the tender still glows green!
my ladder of success is missing some rungs
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