My interstate batteries have died. I need new batteries, any suggestions? I have 800cca and 1000ca. Should i get different or stay with the same?
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Batteries
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Searching will get you tons of post with our opinions. You have 2 choices buy a top quality expensive battery and hope it last. Or buy cheap one with a good warranty and replace then every year or 2.
http://www.duramaxdiesels.com/forum/showthread.php?t=74087&highlight=batteries
http://www.duramaxdiesels.com/forum/showthread.php?t=70575&highlight=batteries
http://www.duramaxdiesels.com/forum/showthread.php?t=74087&highlight=batteries
http://www.duramaxdiesels.com/forum/showthread.php?t=70575&highlight=batteries
Thank you! Being today is a holiday i dont have much of a choice. Going to try the autocraft gold from advanced auto.
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I ran a set of AutoZone "gold" batteries for 6 years. Both the cheapest and the best lasting batteries I've had in the truck. So sometimes the cheap ones work as well as the expensive ones. It seems to be luck of the draw.
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Great, thanks for your reply. Im gonna try the cheaper ones for now and hopefully my luck is as good as yours with them lasting. Thanks again!
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Die hard platinum from sears are oddesseys relabeled. Kinda spendy but worth it. I've also bought an exide from Menards. 100 bucks for the middle one but has a 94 month warranty with it if I remember right
Have 2 exides in my old 6.2. They are probably 4 or 5 years old and still chug along
The cheap ones (at least autozone ones) are the same as their expensive ones. What you are paying for is the warranty on the expensive ones. If you have bad luck with battery life then get the expensive ones and have them replaced on warranty. If thay typically last 5 or more years then go for the cheap ones without an extended warranty
My original AC Delcos made it 6 years...my cats are 5 and have done me well thus far. Personally I'll proably go back with Cat again, 2 850 cca and I think 725 or 750 standard have been absolutely great. Never an issue even at -30 for a week.
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2850 cold cranking amps? Are you sure. Didn't think there was enough room i the engine bay for that much battery.
The best i have seen was i think 1000 cca. With two batteries it would only make 2k cca
But if you want to get the best cca then nothing will beat capacitors. I put these in my lb7 when it was my daily driver. 4000 cranking amps down to -40°. Turned over quick. Recharged in about 30 seconds
The best i have seen was i think 1000 cca. With two batteries it would only make 2k cca
But if you want to get the best cca then nothing will beat capacitors. I put these in my lb7 when it was my daily driver. 4000 cranking amps down to -40°. Turned over quick. Recharged in about 30 seconds
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2-850 cca...dash mark must've disappeared...Holy crap I couldn't imagine 2850cca
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Just giving my 2 cents on this. Batteries plus sales Duracell procell. Made in USA. The two I bought weighed 14 lbs heavier than the crap Autozone batteries. Two years old still turns over like new
Duracell batteries are top notch. Made by the best battery producer. East Penn also makes deka and Cat batteries.
Most batteries are made by three manufacturers. East Penn, Johnson controls, and Exide.
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Cool I didn't even know that. Just new they are badass. The jet ski battery's are really heavy compared to the cheap ones. It's all I run in everything. My inlaws keep buying the Walmart crap and it's left them stranded.