I couldn’t find a thread on new battery purchases so let see if this one can work.
Out: AC Delco 42 Month Professional. 7 years old. Originally 770 CCA. Was fading away to 500 CCA on tests. Good enough for 32 degree starts but I have -25 F weather coming this winter and there are no plug ins at work. Obviously not a hot climate.
In: AC Delco 42 Month maintenance free. Although it has Gold coloured decals, they no longer label them Gold or even Professional. It’s 770 CCA and an additional piece of info not included before is that it is rated as 70 Ahr. It has a RC of 120 minutes. It seems to have an label on it with a 03/20, but that is on the large battery label and it not a sticker. I bought it at my Local Lordco Auto Parts and they had to order it for over night delivery, so I could not pick through the inventory. Lordco does not use a date sticker. The receipt is the warranty, and the info is also kept on the computer file of my account there. I get a frequent buyer discount. The price was equivalent to $135 USD. Also, Lordco does not do a core charge. There is battery recycling at local waste center. They don’t pay for batteries. By the way, there does not seem to be any indication where it was made.
I checked the voltage and CCA on my battery tester. It came in at 12.67 V and 862 CCA and the tester said 90 % charged. I put it on my smart charger and it cycled with a beginning charge rate of 2.1 amps and was fully charged with a float in a total of 9 hrs. I let it settle over night and tested it again at 13.0 V and 810 CCA. No explanation why the CCA was actually lower than the previous reading but I could probably top it up again and re check. Here are some photos. Enjoy.
Out: AC Delco 42 Month Professional. 7 years old. Originally 770 CCA. Was fading away to 500 CCA on tests. Good enough for 32 degree starts but I have -25 F weather coming this winter and there are no plug ins at work. Obviously not a hot climate.
In: AC Delco 42 Month maintenance free. Although it has Gold coloured decals, they no longer label them Gold or even Professional. It’s 770 CCA and an additional piece of info not included before is that it is rated as 70 Ahr. It has a RC of 120 minutes. It seems to have an label on it with a 03/20, but that is on the large battery label and it not a sticker. I bought it at my Local Lordco Auto Parts and they had to order it for over night delivery, so I could not pick through the inventory. Lordco does not use a date sticker. The receipt is the warranty, and the info is also kept on the computer file of my account there. I get a frequent buyer discount. The price was equivalent to $135 USD. Also, Lordco does not do a core charge. There is battery recycling at local waste center. They don’t pay for batteries. By the way, there does not seem to be any indication where it was made.
I checked the voltage and CCA on my battery tester. It came in at 12.67 V and 862 CCA and the tester said 90 % charged. I put it on my smart charger and it cycled with a beginning charge rate of 2.1 amps and was fully charged with a float in a total of 9 hrs. I let it settle over night and tested it again at 13.0 V and 810 CCA. No explanation why the CCA was actually lower than the previous reading but I could probably top it up again and re check. Here are some photos. Enjoy.
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. Ended up paying $149
