I sold batteries back from 1985 to 1991.
The businessman that I worked for originally sold Deka batteries, made by East Penn Battery MFG. High quality products.
Our salesman would do a great job of educating us about the way batteries are manufactured. Back then a tour of the manufacturing plant wasn't an option.
Larry, the salesman, explained that batteries go bad 4 basic ways:
1. Won't take a charge
2. Won't hold a charge
3. Won't hold a load
4. Physical damage- whether seen or unseen.
Remember too: The electrical power coming from your battery is due to a chemical process. No matter if you have a lead-acid, AGM, Ni-Cd, LI-ion, it's all the result of a chemical process.
Let's look at the oldest and most prevalent; a lead-acid battery. From the moment that the sulphuric acid comes into contact with the lead, the acid is beginning to dissolve (eat away) the lead plates. As this continues throughout the life of the battery the lead plates become thinner and the dissolved lead particles fall to the bottom of the cell. As you can imagine, as this process occurs and heat, vibration, cold all play a part of the lifetime of a battery.
I'm just putting this out there to help you understand.
If your philosophy is buy cheap and keep warrantying- Good for you, it's still America and you have the freedom to do that.
If your philosophy is buy the high quality- Good for you too, It's still America for you.
I am not current on the different battery manufacturers and their manufacturing techniques and so I can't speak to who has the best manufacturing process. It seems that cheap is king in this day and age. Having said that, when I buy a battery, I buy high CCA battery of the largest physical size that will fit the battery box. (I'm a GM guy, so there isn't a huge variation).
The businessman that I worked for originally sold Deka batteries, made by East Penn Battery MFG. High quality products.
Our salesman would do a great job of educating us about the way batteries are manufactured. Back then a tour of the manufacturing plant wasn't an option.
Larry, the salesman, explained that batteries go bad 4 basic ways:
1. Won't take a charge
2. Won't hold a charge
3. Won't hold a load
4. Physical damage- whether seen or unseen.
Remember too: The electrical power coming from your battery is due to a chemical process. No matter if you have a lead-acid, AGM, Ni-Cd, LI-ion, it's all the result of a chemical process.
Let's look at the oldest and most prevalent; a lead-acid battery. From the moment that the sulphuric acid comes into contact with the lead, the acid is beginning to dissolve (eat away) the lead plates. As this continues throughout the life of the battery the lead plates become thinner and the dissolved lead particles fall to the bottom of the cell. As you can imagine, as this process occurs and heat, vibration, cold all play a part of the lifetime of a battery.
I'm just putting this out there to help you understand.
If your philosophy is buy cheap and keep warrantying- Good for you, it's still America and you have the freedom to do that.
If your philosophy is buy the high quality- Good for you too, It's still America for you.
I am not current on the different battery manufacturers and their manufacturing techniques and so I can't speak to who has the best manufacturing process. It seems that cheap is king in this day and age. Having said that, when I buy a battery, I buy high CCA battery of the largest physical size that will fit the battery box. (I'm a GM guy, so there isn't a huge variation).