Oem battery

[smiley]

So recommendations for an uprated battery that is good with the cold up here in Canada?

ACDelco Gold 94RAGM 36 Month Warranty AGM BCI Group 94R Battery https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B006N91...t_i_MK8GCQE0FC09YMZ9N3EM?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Price went up slightly but no core charge.

 

[Rodenti]

I installed this Energizer AGM battery from Costco Canada last spring: https://tires.costco.ca/Batteries/P...-H7-AGMAbsorbent-Glass-Mat-Automotive-Battery

Went out to start my truck on Friday after sitting a few days and the ignition just clicked. Needed a boost to get going... I put the battery on to charge overnight and all has been good since.

The truck was only started once in the past two weeks to move it for snow clearing, it was
-30°C (-22°F) overnight temperatures, and I didn't use the block heater that day. This is the second time this winter that I needed to boost the truck.

Should I have expected an AGM battery to do better?

 

[Bigskyroadglide]

Ok...ten years...that's more like it! Lol! Here in Montana with blazing hot summers and frigid winters I'm lucky to get 6 out of a top o' the line battery.

My 11 battery lasted 10 years and I live in Montana.

Just an FYI

 

[Mister Luck]

I installed this Energizer AGM battery from Costco Canada last spring: https://tires.costco.ca/Batteries/P...-H7-AGMAbsorbent-Glass-Mat-Automotive-Battery

Went out to start my truck on Friday after sitting a few days and the ignition just clicked. Needed a boost to get going... I put the battery on to charge overnight and all has been good since.

The truck was only started once in the past two weeks to move it for snow clearing, it was
-30°C (-22°F) overnight temperatures, and I didn't use the block heater that day. This is the second time this winter that I needed to boost the truck.

Should I have expected an AGM battery to do better?

I have 6 Dekka 12v 98A.H. AGM batteries
(I bought in 2017) for an electric golf cart and let them sit for two years.
One battery was discharged from a grounded alarm system and I’m in the process of recovery now.
The other five are unchanged at 12.83v.

 

[HEMIMANN]

I have 6 Dekka 12v 98A.H. AGM batteries
(I bought in 2017) for an electric golf cart and let them sit for two years.
One battery was discharged from a grounded alarm system and I’m in the process of recovery now.
The other five are unchanged at 12.83v.

Depends how much parasitic electronic gizmo drain you got going on. I've read they need to be run or charged at least once a week, even without add-on electronics.

Many guys not running their trucks regularly anymore (retired, home office workers) leave trickle chargers on them now.

 

[Bingo]

So OEM battery went flat the other day 5 1/2 yrs so probably about right. I bought the upgraded H8 battery for the diesel. Wow does it start fast now!

 

[Jeepwalker]

ACDelco Gold 94RAGM 36 Month Warranty AGM BCI Group 94R Battery

That looks like the same exact battery as OEM (JCI-made battery as is AC Delco). The Walmart battery is the same too (also JCI). I compared my original FCA-branded battery (which had Johnson Controls Inc written on it) to the walmart JCI-made battery and they looked exactly 100% duplicate other than the color of the sticker.

I got just over 10yrs out of the original battery which was good. We live in pretty optimal battery-life of the country.