<VV> batteries
Bill Elliott
Bill Elliott" <Corvair@fnader.com
Fri, 02 Jul 2004 22:12:26 -0400
I concur with JR (though the batteries are different depending on your location.)
Remember when Sears Diehard had a lifetime warranty? Made by Johnson Controls. Sears changes vendors to Exide...had to quickly drop the lifetime
warranty.
I try to buy only Johnson Control batteries. Most Walmart batters are JC (though I think they area lower quality JC) while most Sears (at least the ones
I've seen) are still Exide.
Check the label closely; they usually say.
I've been pretty much buying the cheap Walmart batteries ($35?) for several years now and have been happy with the longevity for what I've paid...
Bill Elliott
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 20:17:54 -0500, J R Read_HML wrote:
>I've had 2 or 3 Exides crXp out in what I thought was way too early. Won't
>buy them anymore.
>> What experience do you all have with longevity. I've been buying Exide's
>for
>> some time,mainly because my wholesaler carries them, and they're
>relitively
>> cheap ($40-50) for a 60 month.
>> I've got a Deka in my coupe de ville that's 7 years old, and still has a
>> decent charge.
>> Somewhere I thought I remember hearing that there was only 3-4 battery
>> manufactures left, and they slap anybodys name on them that wants to sell
>> batteries. Is this true, and how do you tell who really made the battery?