8 years is excellent service life for a well maintained HD battery. I would do a load check of the fully charged battery to ensure it will tolerate 200 CCA, just to be on the safe side...and check charging voltage to be sure, but congratulation!
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RickyBobby
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I got my battery today. Came via USPS next day. I installed it. Fit perfect. It says right on it 270CCA, but my old one didn't say anything about CCA on it. I guess I am in the the ballpark.
I got a sheet with the battery that said 12.8 is full charge. I had with my Fluke 12.4 which is about 1/2 charge, so I put my tender on it and went to work. I'll see how it starts in the morning.
I cleaned my cables which looked really clean, but my ground cable had an issue of the screw hard to remove and then I saw what looked like some arcing had gone on. It was pretty tight, but maybe I changed the battery for nothing. It might have been a cable problem.
I feel better that I have all new and with summer around the corner, heat where I live is a real battery killer anyway.
I got a sheet with the battery that said 12.8 is full charge. I had with my Fluke 12.4 which is about 1/2 charge, so I put my tender on it and went to work. I'll see how it starts in the morning.
I cleaned my cables which looked really clean, but my ground cable had an issue of the screw hard to remove and then I saw what looked like some arcing had gone on. It was pretty tight, but maybe I changed the battery for nothing. It might have been a cable problem.
I feel better that I have all new and with summer around the corner, heat where I live is a real battery killer anyway.
larryjmiller
Junior Member
I really like the idea of the dry cell.
What is the longest service out there for the dry cell and how does it behave in the heat?
What is the longest service out there for the dry cell and how does it behave in the heat?