Battery size

[artificialist]

Originally Posted By: L_Sludger
I've always had good luck with Johnson Controls but now I think that I should broaden my horizons to East Penn/Deka. There's a 2006 JCI Wal-Mart Everstart battery in a family car that's starting to crank over pretty slowly, creeping in on demise. A battery should last ten years, not six... my old car had an Interstate Mega-Tron Plus made by JCI that worked well even into 10 years old, which I replaced just because of the age.

Acceptable battery life depends on which part of the United States you live in.

Here in Florida, a battery over 3 years old is a huge risk.

 

[440Magnum]

Originally Posted By: artificialist
Originally Posted By: L_Sludger
I've always had good luck with Johnson Controls but now I think that I should broaden my horizons to East Penn/Deka. There's a 2006 JCI Wal-Mart Everstart battery in a family car that's starting to crank over pretty slowly, creeping in on demise. A battery should last ten years, not six... my old car had an Interstate Mega-Tron Plus made by JCI that worked well even into 10 years old, which I replaced just because of the age.

Acceptable battery life depends on which part of the United States you live in.

Here in Florida, a battery over 3 years old is a huge risk.


Same here in CenTex. There used to be some battery companies that specilized in longer-life batteries for the hot weather of the southern states, but they've all either gone out of business or been sucked up by the monsters like JCI and Exide.