$75 Exide (Johnson Controls/Varta) Battery

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Sep 29, 2014 | 04:19 PM

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jayloukakis@hotmail.com

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From: hemet, calif.

Re: $75 Exide (Johnson Controls/Varta) Battery

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Originally Posted by Wes__Hutchinson

The original equipment battery in your crossfire was a European variant of Exide. I don't disagree with your sentiments concerning VRLA batteries but why stop halfway? Get a Braille and save a bunch of weight and never have the chance of liquid escaping the battery. AGM and gel batteries do contain liquid and as long as the internal valving doesn't malfunction the acid won't leave the battery in non intended ways.

AGM and Gell batteries are completely different The Exide Gell cells they take very fine silica and mix with the acid takes some time for it to gell and very little capacity used mostly I toys, re Champion they used the name and paid a royalty which was GNB which I worked for many years which made the AGM battery for forklifts which was all I would sell, then Exide bought GNB after I retired.

Sep 29, 2014 | 04:49 PM

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syfi

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Re: $75 Exide (Johnson Controls/Varta) Battery

Best rated Group 48 batteries according to Consumer Reports.org

1. Interstate Mega-Tron Plus MTP-48/H6 ..... $150
2. EverStart MAXX-H6 ................................ $110
3. DieHard Gold 50948 (South) ................... $145
4. DieHard Advanced Gold 50748 AGM ........ $170

Sep 29, 2014 | 06:11 PM

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Wes__Hutchinson

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Re: $75 Exide (Johnson Controls/Varta) Battery

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Originally Posted by onehundred80

Exide makes Champion, Exide, Napa, and some EverStart batteries. They are in bankruptcy protection.

Johnson Controls is the parent company of Varta when I last checked.

The lighter the battery the less capacity the battery has, these lightweight batteries do not last too long, when it comes to lead acid batteries weight (lead) is everything.

We don't need no steenkin' lead-acid!

https://www.braillebattery.com/index...atteries/i48ce

Sep 29, 2014 | 06:23 PM

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jayloukakis@hotmail.com

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From: hemet, calif.

Re: $75 Exide (Johnson Controls/Varta) Battery

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Originally Posted by Wes__Hutchinson

We don't need no steenkin' lead-acid!

https://www.braillebattery.com/index...atteries/i48ce

GNB auto batteries Used the Champion logo to market their auto batteries which were junk I had a chance to tour their auto battery mfg. plant about 3 miles from their whse. and GNG industrial battery stock and service where I worked out of the auto batteries I would get about 6 months before they died and bought Delco for my Toyota Celcia Gts. as Delco wasa customer of mine you could eat off the floor it was so clean, I retired 16 years ago.