Re: IML: Battery Shopping

[Ken W Stephenson <kss37215@xxxxxxxx>]

Keep it simple.  Regardless of what the clerk reads off the list for your
car, and they will invariably say group 24, insist on the highest rated
group 27.  Regardless of "new tech" pitches, in batteries bigger is
better.  It even fits under the thermal cover on my 82 Imperial, so you
know it will fit older boats.  Top posts of course, and left or right
polarity per original.  There are only a few American companies that make
all batteries, regardless of brand, so shop amp rating, warranty, and
price.  You might want to keep your Imperial All American, so ask or find
out the source.  Many are now imported from Asia.  For further data,
check "car battery manufacturers" on Google.  
Ken Stephenson 

On Thu, 19 May 2005 19:25:43 -0700 "jsadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>
writes:
> I'm just curious when the time comes that you need a new battery for 
> your 
> Imperial how you decide which one to buy. For example, you go to 
> Sears & you 
> see all sorts of price ranges & sizes of batteries on the shelf.
>         You tell the clerk what year Imperial its for & they look it 
> up. You 
> think they are going over to the largest battery they have. Probably 
> not. 
> The one they usually want to sell you looks like it was made for a 
> small car 
> with no power accessories. Do you go with this, or simply state you 
> want the 
> largest battery with top posts that they make?
> John 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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