how many cca's are TOO many?
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I used to have dual batteries in my 82 chebby with a 350 small block. I wonder if thats what kept frying my starters......Damn Chebby
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More cca's isnt neccesarily a good thing. Batteries get more amps by adding more (meaning smaller) plates in their cells, which cuts down on how long the battery can maintain a load. Lower cca batteries use fewer large plates so while they may not whiz the motor over as fast on a cold day, on any other day they can handle their rated load longer than a high cca battery.
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More cca's isnt neccesarily a good thing. Batteries get more amps by adding more (meaning smaller) plates in their cells, which cuts down on how long the battery can maintain a load. Lower cca batteries use fewer large plates so while they may not whiz the motor over as fast on a cold day, on any other day they can handle their rated load longer than a high cca battery.
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Yup thats how a lotta people do it on offroad riggs have the alternator charge all the batteries but the winch only draw from the deep cycle that way if your trucks in a possition it can't run and you use your own winch to get it out once its back on its wheels you know you still have juce to start it, if you buy one of the pre made kits it will also have a swich so you can jump it off the deep cycles if you ever need to.
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Or just get a huge front bumper...
