"Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura" (sundowne36)
11/03/2015 at 23:10 • Filed to: None
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"Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura" (sundowne36)
11/03/2015 at 23:10 • Filed to: None | 1
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Right now, it’s 50*F, and every morning I had to constantly jumpstart the damn thing. One thing’s for sure, I need a new battery as it has been with the car for 3 years, and I doubt it’ll get better any time soon.
Any good recommendations for a battery that could last a while and/or cold weather?
Ike
> Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
11/03/2015 at 23:16 |
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Battery tender that shit! It’s like 20-40 bucks! Maybe not the best idea, but it a cheap option if your tight on cash
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Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
> Ike
11/03/2015 at 23:24 |
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Trust me, if I had to rely on a battery tender for something that didn’t need it after a night...
Urambo Tauro
> Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
11/03/2015 at 23:25 |
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If it’s a serviceable battery, you could try topping it off with distilled water (if it’s low), then a nice gentle 2amp trickle charge overnight. That’s pretty much the best you can do for it. (Unless something’s draining the battery, then you need to hunt that down.)
As for a new one, you don’t need anything special. Just pick out the battery with the longest warranty from your friendly neighborhood parts store.
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Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
> Urambo Tauro
11/03/2015 at 23:39 |
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The thing is, I just need something that could hold its own without the need of some trickle charger or jump starting - partly because I’m slightly pressed for time, college being one.
M54B30
> Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
11/03/2015 at 23:46 |
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Buy a battery warmer for your next one. I bought a walmart battery for my Montero because I was having similar issues (granted our winters are in the -40°F range some nights)
It’s just a small pad that wraps around the battery and plugs into an outlet. Keeps the battery nice and toasty and fires up quick. A warm battery has more power then a cold battery.
I bought mine on Amazon for... I dunno, less than $30 i think
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Urambo Tauro
> Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
11/03/2015 at 23:46 |
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Topping it off like that is just to bring it into the best shape it has to offer. Sometimes that works for batteries that are deeply discharged or just aren’t receiving enough of a recharge from the alternator.
But it may indeed be too far gone to resuscitate. In that case, replace it as soon as you can.
desertdog5051
> Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
11/04/2015 at 01:02 |
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A new one.
wkiernan
> Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
12/23/2015 at 19:02 |
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I had a similar problem last month, so I bought a new battery. I was barely starting four times out of five and the fifth time I’d have to jump it. But for weeks I didn’t ever actually get the new battery installed because I was in too much of a hurry in the morning, while every time I went out to my car after work it was dark. Finally after a couple weeks it didn’t start and there was enough light to see what I was doing. So I dragged out the new battery and some wrenches and started swapping the battery out. I go to unbolt the battery connector and discover that it had vibrated loose; it wasn’t clamped on to the terminal, it was just resting loosely on it and I could lift it off with my fingers. I put the connector back on and tightened it down with a wrench, and presto, now the car starts just fine. So now I’ve got two car batteries.
Pretty dumb, huh? This is the second time this happened to me. A couple years back I thought my whole electrical system was screwed up, I couldn’t even get it to start with the battery jumped, but then in the course of jumping the car I happened to connect the negative clip to the car body rather than to the battery terminal, and it fired up just fine. The only problem was that the screw holding the 15” long ground cable to the car body had come loose. Once I tightened it up the problem went away.
So before you spend a bunch of money, check all your battery cables. You might get lucky and be able to fix your problem with a couple turns of a wrench.