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Geo-TH,In

Geo-TH,In

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A 650 cca battery is rated at 800 can at 32F. The battery I brought was 805 in store.

Another new battery only weighted in at 670. Guess which one I brought?
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That's why you take all batterys home and put them on a trickle charger overnight. Gennys and Alternators will not give them a deep charge.
 
Could be a big difference in age as well. I purchased a Group 1 6 volt a couple months ago, and looked closely at date codes, and found a pretty good variance in the date codes. Had to pull a few out and get to the ones in the back to get the newest battery. I believe there were about 10 of the same on the shelves, and only difference was date codes. Be very easy to buy a battery that is a year old, and while the warranty does not start until the purchase date, the deterioration starts the day it is manufactured.
 
I agree with you a 100%, people forget that basic fact and assume batteries are fully charged directly off the shelf.
 
> That's why you take all batterys home and put them on a trickle charger overnight.

George's CONDUCTANCE tester doesn't care if the battery is fully charged or not. Nothing like cold, hard facts when you want to make a purchase decision. I'll bet the store manager isn't happy about George bringing his tester into the store, though.

I gotta get me one of those. The counter boys at AutoZero and O'Ripoffly's will have a cow when I test their "new" batteries.
 
Mark, I don't ask. No one said a word. BTW, only date on battery was January 2017. Every battery I buy is tested. Pick the best.
George
 

Is there a cheaper alternative to that high dollar tester you have George? I have a cheapy carbon pile tester, but I don't think it does CCAs. I like the idea of what you're doing, at least I think I do. You're testing the batteries plates/storage potential?
 
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