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Bookmark or Share- Secure Battery in battery tray - Car Talk CommunityMy answer has always been a simple block of wood cut to fit between the battery and the edges of the tray, then clamp down securely. Cheap and effective. bing March 27, 2014, 12:55am 13. If I remember right, my Buicks had that wedge shaped hold down that clamped onto the bottom of the battery.
- Car battery lasts only 3 years? - Car Talk CommunityIOW, there are batteries warrantied for 60, 72, 84, or more months that give back full value only during the first 36 months. After that, the value is prorated, sometimes at only 50% starting with the day after 36 months, until there is zero value at the end of the warranty period. kurtwm1 July 21, 2017, 10:01pm 18.
- 12v battery reads good voltage but No AMPS - Car Talk CommunityMany Manufactures require dealers to use the Midtronics GR8 to test batteries. This machine uses a combination of charge, load and conductance tests to check the battery. The Midtronics GR8 is being phased out, replaced by more modern equipment, the Midtronics DCA-8000. tcmichnorth April 15, 2020, 9:23am 19.
- When did batteries get so expensive? - Car Talk CommunityWhitey June 12, 2013, 10:17pm 2. That battery you just replaced must be at least a decade old, because I noticed prices going up on car batteries back in 2003. Heck, even a small lead-acid motorcycle battery costs $70-80 now. bing June 12, 2013, 11:00pm 3. Even Walmart was $70 about five years ago.
- Car Batteries in the ApocalypseA typical car battery, fully charged, stores about 30 amp-hours. The typical car, when everything off and parked, drains the battery at about 50 mA. So in 20 hours it would drain 50 x 20 = 1000 mA-hour = 1 amp-hour of charge from the battery. That would imply you could park the typical car with a typical car battery for a little less than 30 ...
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