Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "chrisnd@privacy.net" Newsgroups: sci.electronics.components Subject: Re: AGM batteries Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 09:17:23 +0000 Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <87h5vbjf9o.fsf@librehacker.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net E1GAxr+osIqNWYd9aUBxnQ7uJTP1HSRBXv478MPSgfAVIPWeKz Cancel-Lock: sha1:f6A4FyxXhoalvRVaFAuyqeI2LbU= sha256:qP4EfDHADE+euTRdmTcijC500hOGKEaH5YT7K8F7JWI= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <87h5vbjf9o.fsf@librehacker.com> Xref: csiph.com sci.electronics.components:6607 On 03/11/2025 15:40, Christopher Howard wrote: > Hi, I live in a cold weather region where temps drop to -40 deg F or > colder during the worst part of the winter, and I don't have a garage. I > need to replace the battery in my wife's Suburban which is driven around > three times a week. Battery store is recommending a quite pricey AGM > battery with high CCA, and also to install a trickle charger. But part > of me is still wondering about the cost-benefit part of it and if maybe > I should just get one of the less expensive non-AGM batteries with lower > CCA. I think I'll install the trickle charger in any case, as I already > have a spare one I bought a while back. > From my motorcycle experience, AGM batteries are absolute winners! HTH Chris