OEM Battery
07-26-2011, 01:32 PM
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Location: S. Florida
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I suppose so. When we get into the low 60s folks around here break out their parkas!
This battery is lasting longer than the original GoodYear tires! I only got 17,000 miles out of them
07-28-2011, 01:59 PM
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I'm at 164K on my '04 with the original battery. And this was after it was run down to 0 volts by an idiot bodyshop two years ago. Every fall I think I should replace it, but since it didn't even crank slow when we had single digit temps I now want to see how long it will go.
07-31-2011, 10:31 AM
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Heat is the destroyer of your cars battery caused by the evaporation of the electrolyte. This causes less chemical reaction and less power to be available in the battery, THEN you go into winter, and the cold temps cause the chemical reaction a weakened battery to slow down. That's why they die in the winter.
The moral of the story: Be sure and check the battery water level. If the tops of your plates are showing....... you're done. And if you have one, maybe put a 10 amp charger on it for about an hour once a year or so.
BTW, still have my original battery here since new.
07-31-2011, 05:33 PM
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Actually, the opposite is true.
Heat is the destroyer of your cars battery caused by the evaporation of the electrolyte. This causes less chemical reaction and less power to be available in the battery, THEN you go into winter, and the cold temps cause the chemical reaction a weakened battery to slow down. That's why they die in the winter.
The moral of the story: Be sure and check the battery water level. If the tops of your plates are showing....... you're done. And if you have one, maybe put a 10 amp charger on it for about an hour once a year or so.
BTW, still have my original battery here since new.
Heat is the destroyer of your cars battery caused by the evaporation of the electrolyte. This causes less chemical reaction and less power to be available in the battery, THEN you go into winter, and the cold temps cause the chemical reaction a weakened battery to slow down. That's why they die in the winter.
The moral of the story: Be sure and check the battery water level. If the tops of your plates are showing....... you're done. And if you have one, maybe put a 10 amp charger on it for about an hour once a year or so.
BTW, still have my original battery here since new.
08-01-2011, 03:11 PM
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He lives a sheltered life, though; his garage is (relatively) cool in summer and warm in winter, and he's only in weather extremes in the work parking lot during the day, and that's primarily in the winter 'cause I commute on two wheels whenever I can during the summer months.
08-02-2011, 12:32 PM
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My RS1 is still running the original battery as well. My windows are just now beginning to go up a bit slower than they should, and running the radio for about two hours (without the engine on to charge) required a jump start. I think it's about time to finally replace it.
