The Wal-Mart batteries have a 3 year free replacement warrantee. Most of
the others only 18 months to 2 years.
Stuart J. Ellis
East Coast Sales Manager
Intraco USA
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----- Original Message -----
From: "King" <landy@pacificcoast.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 4:34 AM
Subject: [MV] Batteries
> Do not be fooled by the cranking amps rating of a battery.I was going to
get
> into the battery rebuild business years ago(but didn't for various
reasons).
> If you have 2 batteries the same size i.e. group 24 and one is 450
cranking
> amps and the other is 800.What is done to increase the amps is to make a
> thinner plate.The 450 unit usually has thicker plates whereas the 800
would
> have thinner but more plates to make 800.The 450 should be able to handle
> more abuse and overall should last longer.There are variables to
> this.Maintainence being one.You would be better off to buy 2 450 units
than
> one 800 or 900 unit.This applies only if they are the same size.
> A trick to rejuvenate dead batteries(sometimes)is to replace the acid with
> new stuff and recharge.Some batteries do well with just a low trickle
charge
> to rejuvenate whereas others like the interstates need a heavey blast from
a
> high power charger to shock them.New acid is usually available from your
> local Chrysler dealer in 20 litre/5 gallon cubes.I average 6 months to a
> year on batteries that have sat around dead for over a year.Some just
don't
> work no matter what.
> Optima batteries are the preferred choice around here.They can be
> frozen,shot at,turned upside down,side ways,have part of the case smashed
> off,etc and still function.Exide also has a similar unit.I find these do
not
> last any longer than the normal batteries but it's the abuse that they can
> handle that put others to shame.
> Andre
>
>
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