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Life of car batteries
beneteau
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Car batteries now-a-days just don't seem to last very long. Maybe because of all the electric/electronic components now-a-days. Just had to replace the battery in my wife's car and it wasn't 3yo. Thank goodness it had a free replacement warranty for the 1st 3 years. The one before this didn't last 2 years.
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I got eight years out of the batteries in my truck. The replacements are dated 2008 and 2009 and still going strong. If you live in a HOT climate the heat will kill the battery in about 3 years.
Correct heat will destroy a battery much sooner then the cold will.[;)]
3-5 yrs. is about average..
Now I'm not going to say buy this one or that one, or how long they last.
But I will say this about new batteries today.... there seems to be more of a variance in quality even among the same company or style of batteries.
Years ago you got what you paid for... cheap got you 3 years of service, high price got you 6 years or more.
Now a days it doesn't seem to matter....some cheapies last, some $$$$
are junk too.
If your going into winter, and it's close to the 4 year mark, change it, because it always seems to go bad when your 20 miles from home, and it's 20 below zero, replace it, it's cheap insurance!
Does not make a whole lot of sense to risk being stuck in the middle of nowhere for a $ 150.00 item.
Brad Steele
When the 90's and 2000's came along the demands on batteries increased dramatically. As the batteries got smaller so did the batteries capability to cool themselves drop as well. The acid in the battery is what helps cool the battery. The acid needs to be able to move around the plates. With todays batteries being 2/3 the size of batteries of years gone by, there are nearly twice the amount of plates. Thus it makes common sense that a battery of today would not last nearly as long as the ones made back in the day.
My batteries have been lasting 8-10 years through winters with temps going below zero regularly.....way below a lot.
I replace them when they are bad. I'll not throw away money replacing things that still have half their life left.
I believe I put a new battery in my 2004 Camry in 2012.
Seems to me in years past, other cars I have had, I had to replace batteries more often.
Got 8 years out of the last Duralast battery in the car.
I can't complain.
I replaced the battery in it in 2013. 12 years was a good run.
It would still start the car but it was slow. I told him to be careful because it starts the second you bump the key now. [:D]
Replaced the one in my 05 Z-71 couple of years ago.
My 2008 Explorer has 129,000 miles and still has the original battery. Temps went below -30 several times this winter and sometimes it sat for two or three days and still turned right over.
I'm 2 years into the replacements of both, so far so good.
Dick[:D]
I live in a cold place.
My batteries have been lasting 8-10 years through winters with temps going below zero regularly.....way below a lot.
I replace them when they are bad. I'll not throw away money replacing things that still have half their life left.
I have an identical story. Live in MI, drive a 1999 Chevrolet Suburban. Replaced battery in 2008 when bad. Still starting every time. Sooner or later, it will wear out and I will be putting a new one in it.
If I may inquire, why would you call a battery a 'welds' [?]
put a screwdriver across the terminals and see what happens..... they are pricey batteries. I really like them for marine applications.
They seem to be popular with users of the Ready Welder.
My ex parks her H3 during the summer but if we don't keep a maintainer on, it is stone dead within about a month.
I get about 4 years before they start to groan in the winter. I usually replace them but keep the old ones for the law equipment or generators which gives them use for at least another 4 years.
Heading out in a few to get another. Taking that one back maybe they will give me a trade in.
A friend asked me about batteries last fall. His tractor uses the same batteries as mine and his were getting weak. I stated my choice of brand and indicated they last 2-3 years. He commented that his were the same brand and had been in use for 6 years. What's the logic in that?
It's like drawing cards from a full deck. Sometimes you get a full house and sometimes a 3,5, 7, and joker.
I always modify the base on my vehicles when the original fails. Then equip with a big rv/marine battery.
Even the new rv/marine batteries are hit or miss. [:o)]
Like men they dont make them like they used to..