Hope that helps you understand more of what's going on. ![]() It will have a sticker like 2/10 on it to say it was made in Feb, 2010. I wouldn't buy one that is more than 2 months old. Same place that makes Toyota's dealer battery.Īlso when you go to buy a battery make SURE you find out what the date is on the battery. Model number over at Autozone is 24-DL $80.įactory Battery (Panasonic, not what you get from dealer)įrom what I heard Autozone had so many returns on batteries, they dumped Exide and went with Johnson Controls. ![]() Reserve Capacity is when the alternator goes out how long the battery would run the car. CCA is what actually turns the starter over to start the car at ZERO degrees outside. Personally I've been researching this and Autozone Duralast (Johnson Controls) batteries have a nice mix of CCA (cold cranking amps) close to the stock battery and reserve capacity. Some batteries are bad even brand new, testing it out is always good to do when buying a new one. If the battery doesn't measure up to what I just mentioned then it's not worth your time. Why? I don't care for them to by chance, fry my electrical system if something went wrong. I wouldn't load test the battery when it's hooked up to the electrical system, I would do that with the battery on its own. Under load I wouldn't want to see anything lower than 11.0volts. On a normal 12v car battery it should test out at 12.6-12.99 volts when no load is present. That is a good test to see if the battery's cells can deliver when under load. A load test is putting an electrical drain (load) onto the battery and measuring what the battery's voltage drops to when loaded up with a certain amperage. Our tC battery is a BCI Group 24 battery, this is what we use in the US it's not the same as the factory number from Japan, they use a different system.Īlso, when you go to get a battery what you're talking about them messing with it is known as a load test. Cranking amperage and long life were some of the criteria. The Johnson Controls batteries were always rated at the top of the tests. Consumer Reports tested car batteries and Exide always came up lacking. I'd be adding parts all the time like in HS.I'll help you out with what i know too.įor starters there are a couple of major manufacturers of batteries, I know of two big ones.ġ- Johnson Controls makes - Autozone (duralast), Honda, Toyota, Ford, mazda, energizer, kirkland (costco) No wonder it looks like trash after a few visits LOL. ![]() I see how they throw around air filters at Jiffy Lube. Also I doubt NTB or anyone else cares about my car as much as me. I saw on youtube that even girls were installing batteries.
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