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Jan 10, 2019 | 10:55 AM

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knottyrope

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From: Bahstun

an item with highest resistance in a series circuit will have the highest wattage

I didn't know OHMs law back then.

Jan 11, 2019 | 07:46 AM

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Jarrett Campbell

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From: Aransas Pass, Tx

You might be able to do a ship to store on a 850 cca if you're really set on getting Walmart power under the hood lol

Jan 11, 2019 | 10:36 AM

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BBslider001

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Those Ever-Starts really aren't bad for the coin if you can't drop life savings on an Interstate or other rep brands. I have used them, both for my truck and for my RV and they haven't failed me.

Jan 11, 2019 | 10:44 AM

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Tedster9

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Originally Posted by fluidp

Im having same issues with my wood truck, 94 f250 with a 95 PSD Was not starting after sitting a few days. I determined that one of my batts was pooched. They are both 850cca batts. Since its only used for wood in summer and moving sled around in winter I can't justify spending $350 on batts right now. I do have 3 brand new deep cycles sitting in my shop. two 27 series and one 31 series 12V. Im gona put in the 27's under the hood and the 31 in the back hooked up through a solenoid for when I have my camper on. They are lower in CCA's but with all three in parallel, they should be more then good enough to turn her over. Heres Hoping lol

Can you justify spending money on a battery charger? Do it! That's something that usually seems to be missing on these annual battery discussions, everybody wants to know what the "best" battery is for the money but it won't matter what is installed if chronically undercharged, it simply won't last nearly as long as it should. A good charger will pay for itself many times over.

Jan 11, 2019 | 10:52 AM

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bagman1995

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From: The Woodlands, TX

I had an issue with my driver side battery having a 12.3 charge. Passenger side would charge and drain into the lower voltage battery so I did not notice until one day it did not start. The terminals all "looked" clean, I even wire brushed them and slapped on some petroleum jelly. However when I tested with multi meter I found that passenger side battery was not getting a charge to the terminals but the driver side was. I tested the connection from the alternator to the battery cables and they read 14+ volts so there was obviously charge going to the cables it was just not charging the battery. A metal bristled pipe cleaning brush and replacing the cable bolts was all it took and it started charging right back up. It did not look corroded, just an idea