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Has anyone used these batteries and what is your experience with them?. Today I went to Sears to have them check my batteries due to slow cranking and if I have to crank more than twice the batteries would get to slow to turn the truck over to start. These were die hard gold batteries made by Johnson controls. The original set I bought in 2004 and in 2007 I had them replaced under warranty.
Today when they tested each battery individually they tested good I seen the result myself because I was standing their watching the guy and the load test machine. When they got done testing them I told them about the slow cranking and asked them to replace them under warranty but to upgrade to the die hard platinum and I would pay the difference, the guy said he would have to talk to the manager and when he came back he said they would do it. So now did I make the right choice. The die hard gold's had a CCA of 750 amps and the die hard platinum has a CCA of 930 amps.
Another question is since they are wired to each other parallel does that mean the CCA is doubled and is the reserve capacity doubled as well?. I'm thinking that they are but don't know for sure.
Today when they tested each battery individually they tested good I seen the result myself because I was standing their watching the guy and the load test machine. When they got done testing them I told them about the slow cranking and asked them to replace them under warranty but to upgrade to the die hard platinum and I would pay the difference, the guy said he would have to talk to the manager and when he came back he said they would do it. So now did I make the right choice. The die hard gold's had a CCA of 750 amps and the die hard platinum has a CCA of 930 amps.
Another question is since they are wired to each other parallel does that mean the CCA is doubled and is the reserve capacity doubled as well?. I'm thinking that they are but don't know for sure.