Wal Mart Battery

[Solittle]

Re: Wal Mart Battery

I went to WalMart tonight with my second battery (which I bought last May and cooked aparently through overcharging). I looked high and low for the receipt but could not find it. I had to get the managers OK but they swapped my battery with a new 875 CCA for $38.00 ($65.00 retail) which I thought was overly fair on their part. The new one has an 18 month exchange warranty vs 12 months for the old one. By the way the new one is made by Johnson Controls and has a yellow case.

 

[FlyBoyMark]

Re: Wal Mart Battery

You got the biggie group 29, I think that puppy is rated 115 amp/hour or better. On the average bass boat, you should get 10 hours of running time before charge UNLESS your fighting current or high winds. In my boat it last for two days on a crappy 24 lb thrust trolling motor. That particular battery likes to be charged by at least 10 amp charger. Smaller ones will do the job but take too long. Check the electrolyte level monthly....that means distilled water and make sure before you use it the first time it is full of acid(touching the lower part of the fill hole collar)...Wal-Mart is kinda skimpy when they first fill the batteries.....If you top off with distilled water, you will change the specific gravity and get wrong readings on the hydrometer and the battery may not attain a full charge.

 

[Solittle]

Re: Wal Mart Battery

FlyBoyMark - Wish I had read your post a week ago as the fluid level in the Sears DieHard Marine battery was low when I bought it and I topped it off with distilled water. The WalMart battery was OK. With that much power I figgure I can use it for welding if I ever need to.

 

[WolfPaddling]

Re: Wal Mart Battery

roscoe is like me, we use our boats only about 5 months out of the year. I pull the battery in Nov., bring it in the house to stay warm, keep it off the concrete floor, through a 10 amp charge on it for a day. Before we put it back in the boat, we through another 10 amp charge on it for a day. Even the lowest grade Marine starting batteries have lasted for over 4 yrs, and the deep cycle even longer. Maybe it's the heat of the day, leaving the battery in the boat while not in use that is degrading them. They have handles and wingnut connections, put them in the garage on a piece of wood to isolate them from the concrete with a 2 amp selfregulating trickle charger until your next venture.

 

[Trent]

Re: Wal Mart Battery

Just to let some of you know.. Leaving a battery on a concrete floor does not matter anymore since they changed the outer shell of a battery. Years ago it did.