bad batteries
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bad batteries
hey guys i have a little predicament i am in i have two exide 900cca batteries in my truck i bought them last summer i was checking things out yesterday and i disconnected both batteries and load tested them they were both showing weak but not bad on the meter i know my alternator is charging so i went to try and get warranty for them and the guy told me he cant replace them until they show up bad on his load tester so its just a matter of time before they are shot and it will probably be when its -40 and im 6 hours from home and i will end up having to buy batteries he told me to find a way to wreck them and he would give me new ones any idea how to do this i was thinking of hooking the charger up backwards and trying that do you think it will work i know its not the most honest thing to do but i also know that they are going to fail on me this winter and im not getting stuck buying new ones when warranty should already cover these please let me no what you think sorry for being so long winded this site rocks
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hey guys i have a little predicament i am in i have two exide 900cca batteries in my truck i bought them last summer i was checking things out yesterday and i disconnected both batteries and load tested them they were both showing weak but not bad on the meter i know my alternator is charging so i went to try and get warranty for them and the guy told me he cant replace them until they show up bad on his load tester so its just a matter of time before they are shot and it will probably be when its -40 and im 6 hours from home and i will end up having to buy batteries he told me to find a way to wreck them and he would give me new ones any idea how to do this i was thinking of hooking the charger up backwards and trying that do you think it will work i know its not the most honest thing to do but i also know that they are going to fail on me this winter and im not getting stuck buying new ones when warranty should already cover these please let me no what you think sorry for being so long winded this site rocks
If you are trying to kill the batteries, just keep running them down w/ the engine off.
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i guess nature did its job i went out to start my truck and the batteries were stone dead it had been less than a day since it was running so i phoned the place were i got them and he delivered me brand new ones.Sorry about the lack of punctuation i get doing the old one finger typing and kind of forget about it thanx for the advice anyway
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i guess nature did its job i went out to start my truck and the batteries were stone dead it had been less than a day since it was running so i phoned the place were i got them and he delivered me brand new ones.Sorry about the lack of punctuation i get doing the old one finger typing and kind of forget about it thanx for the advice anyway
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its a good thing i changed them when i did the hot wire off the alternator was getting so hot it melted the plastic off it.It must have been working overtime to keep the batteries charged im sure glad i went with a 135amp alternator when i changed it
