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    Battery Heater

    Hi skyking, I think this question might be more appropriate to ask your local Dodge dealer. I don't know what the cranking requirements are for that engine, but if your OEM Group 27s combine for 1350 cold cranking amps and you're considering a battery that offers only 1000 cold cranking amps...
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    Battery Heater

    alfa147x, to add onto the information already provided by ShawnD1, the best maintainers are microprocessor-controlled and there are two basictypes of maintenance chargers. Fully-automatic, “multi-stage or multi-step” chargers will monitor the battery and charge it as necessary. Multi-stage...
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    Battery Heater

    LTC8K6, I did read your posts. In post #27, you suggested the reserve capacity ratings of our group 35 batteries sounded low. In post #28, you then posted the ratings of two significantly larger batteries of different sizes, a Group 29 and a Group 27 battery. If you want to make some sort of...
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    Battery Heater

    LTC8K6, there are more than 60 different BCI group sizes of batteries and the two marine batteries you cited are not sizes typically used in automotive applications. We do offer some larger batteries, like our Group D27F YellowTop (830CCA, 150 RC) and Group D31M BlueTop (900CCA, 155RC), but...
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    Battery Heater

    The differences between batteries designed for starting and those capable of serving in deep-cycle automotive applications are not as clear cut as they once were. There is a trade-off between cranking amps and reserve capacity, but many modern automotive batteries will offer plenty of cranking...
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    Battery Heater

    skykingsan, I appreciate the kind words and the welcome. Eli, unfortunately, we cannot re-sell returned batteries, but it's safe to say no one around here ever spends any money buying new batteries. Wirednuts, while many batteries do use recycled lead, all of our batteries (and most AGM...
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    Battery Heater

    Hello, I noticed your conversation and wanted to offer some assistance. When a battery is discharged to the point where it needs to be jump-started, it is a good idea to fully recharge the battery with a battery charger as soon as possible. Most alternators are designed to maintain batteries...
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    Battery question, specifically optima yellow top

    Hello, I noticed your conversation regarding our batteries and wanted to offer some assistance. Platypus, if you are running significant audio components, a YellowTop is a better option for your application. Depending on how much work you’ve done, reviewing your electrical system would be a...