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[Bill Elliott]

I concur with JR (though the batteries are different depending on your location.)

Remember when Sears Diehard had a lifetime warranty? Made by Johnson Controls. Sears changes vendors to Exide...had to quickly drop the lifetime 
warranty.

I try to buy only Johnson Control batteries. Most Walmart batters are JC (though I think they area lower quality JC) while most Sears (at least the ones 
I've seen) are still Exide.  

Check the label closely; they usually say.

I've been pretty much buying the cheap Walmart batteries ($35?)  for several years now and have been happy with the longevity for what I've paid...

Bill Elliott

On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 20:17:54 -0500, J R Read_HML wrote:

>I've had 2 or 3 Exides crXp out in what I thought was way too early.  Won't
>buy them anymore.


>> What experience do you all have with longevity. I've been buying Exide's
>for
>> some time,mainly because my wholesaler carries them, and they're
>relitively
>> cheap ($40-50) for a 60 month.
>> I've got a Deka in my coupe de ville that's 7 years old, and still has a
>> decent charge.
>> Somewhere I thought I remember hearing that there was only 3-4 battery
>> manufactures left, and they slap anybodys name on them that wants to sell
>> batteries. Is this true, and how do you tell who really made the battery?