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Forums › Transport (cars, bikes and boats) › Car battery? Is there a difference from where you buy?
rayonline

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#230607 4-Mar-2018 15:01
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Is there a significant difference where you buy a car battery?  Bought a Century battery from supercheapauto today after needing a jump start.  Noticeably cheaper than from a mechanic place we used before.  There are also others like Battery Marshall and AA Batteries.  

 

 

 

Is there a difference in car battery? 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers.  

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  #1968104 5-Mar-2018 08:25
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A good rule of thumb is that the warranty period indicates quality.

 

The manufacturers/importers know pretty well how long their batteries will last under typical conditions and set the WTY accordingly (if you look after them you will get longer and if you abuse them you will get less of course).

 

You can commonly find batteries with wty's ranging from 6 months to 36 months.

 

Don't be tempted to save money by fitting a lower CCA battery than the car maker recommends - the car may start OK in the early days, but the battery will wear out faster because it is working harder.

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