Auto battery sticker shock

Walmart batteries are shit..sure they are less but they last a year same for the rural king batteries..live in a warm climate and put 25-30k miles a year on a car and find out

Just wait until you have to replace an Electric Car Battery. People are not going to be able to afford this. An engineered collapse is coming.

zinc prices bruh

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seems they don't even want us driving electric vehicles, either that or the robo-soldier production lines are at 150%

No, not all batteries come from a single source.

Chinee ones, perhaps, are single sourced, but buy a domestically produced product, and you will see a big improvement.

Trojan batteries used to be the standard for many offgriders, but I tried some new ones recently... made by US Battery... that are the best in my 40 yr. off grid journey.

Yes, the price was $250 each compared to the $200 Trojans, but the difference in performance is significant!!!

You get what you pay for!

MADE IN THE USA

Just paid $65 for windshield wipers.....mother fuck

Get used to it. Thank a Biden voter. Morons

There is no difference and no need for a better "charge controller".
Batteries are simple affairs. They charge fully charge with 18 volts and will go to three quarters charged at 12 volts.

Deep cycle batteries are just batteries that don't have the really thin lead plates of regular batteries.

They last longer and are more resilient.

They have less cranking amps for their size because the are built differently and have thicker plates and more room for the sulfur deposits that collect at the bottom.

Same chemistry. Same charging voltage. Same regulator requirements.

Got Sam's Club to give me 2 totally new batteries over the last few years since the one I bought had a 100% LIFETIME Warranty (NOT prorated), it crapped, first replacement crapped, now on second replacement. Cost to me? Sales tax only.

So far the last one is holding up well so maybe they went back to making sure they had some quality in them versus having to keep GIVING people NEW ONES because of the 100% Warranty. That 100% Warranty for a crappy battery had to cost them oodles of money.

They can't even keep track of a laptop...

They are free for the taking when shopping in the parking lot

They are free for the taking when shopping in the parking lot

PASCO BATTERY WAREHOUSE.... COME VISIT

It's been $149 for a decent battery in Virginia for at least 6 years.

All day long for $29.99 in 1993. Any shape or size. $15.00 for a used one. Almost any shape or size.

People get ripped buying car batteries because they think a longer warranty represents a better battery which is false.

Compare CCA (cold cranking amps) instead and buy the one with the highest CCA rating that you can afford. The higher the rating the better the battery.

I'd rather have a 750 CCA battery with a 2 year warranty instead of a 550 CCA battery with a 5 year. The battery with the highest CCA rating is the better battery regardless of warranty.

And you can thank Barry Obama for high prices. He closed the last US lead mill years ago. Lead to make everything from car batteries to bullets now has to be imported at from overseas.

Yep.

I tried to warn GLPers 2-3 months ago that this was coming.

Next up in the automotive realm....TIRES

Get them now while you can (even if you don't need new tires yet), because scarcity and massive price increases will be here by summer.

Along with your catalytic converter.

I'm just giving you the price that my local walmart svc cen listed online.

Get battery tested

Some parts stored for free

Maybe recharge it

He was afraid that people would make bullets out of the lead. that was when it was nearly impossible to buy ammo, especially 22 cal.

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Get two. There won’t be any going forward with the pooper in chief

Bought 3 car batteries and 9 new tires so far this year. 4 more tires to go to get them all done. Prices are sky high but you gotta have them so what can you do?

Their lifespan starts the minute they're made.

It's not like old school batteries that required you to add water (which is what started the clock).

You could buy 2 of them and keep one hooked up to a trickle charger for 2-3 years, but it would still have lost some of it's lifespan.

rural king battery in my 99 civic. This summer will be year 4. Daily driver for work.