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    TxGreaseMonkey Posts: 16,761, Reputation: 5597
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    Aug 15, 2009, 02:56 PM
    Reality of New Automotive Batteries
    After 5 years, I proactively replaced the Sears Diehard Gold battery (100 month) on my 2000 Taurus today. The manager told me it was a new battery (5/09) and it didn't need to be charged. When I got home, I placed it on a charger, anyway. I am glad I did. It took 3 hours for my battery charger to fully charge it. Initially, the battery drew a whopping 5 amps, which would've been very hard on the alternator. The lesson here is to not assume anything.
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    Aug 16, 2009, 08:10 PM

    My mom got a battery at Pep Boys and in a week it was dead.One cell had no water when I looked at it.
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