Best Battery?
I recommend you get your battery load tested. Many are driving less during the pandemic and needlessly replacing batteries that aren't being adequately charged by their vehicles. It takes at least 30 minutes of continuous driving to charge a battery. Many simply need a Battery Tender/ https://www.f150forum.com/f118/2020-...attery-486997/
If you do need a new battery, Walmart has a very good warranty. EverStart Maxx.
If you do need a new battery, Walmart has a very good warranty. EverStart Maxx.
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I provided a link in my post... I have multiple Battery Tenders. I have the 1.25 AMP Battery Tender Plus, and two of the 3 AMP Battery Tender 6V/12V. I only bought the second model instead of the first because Costco had a two pack for sale.
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If you want to use it for both charging and "tending" you should look for something with maybe 4A charging rate (I have one of these at my rural property that I rotate out between tractor, 4 wheeler, and riding mower while I am at the property) that won't take so long to charge as the typical 1.25A "tender" charge rate. I have had a Ctek 3300 for about 8 years and have been pleased with it, but I normally only use it as a tender. I had a Battery Tender Plus for years prior to that; it shorted out and smoked the electronics inside the unit at around 12 years old. I have several older battery chargers that I tend to use when I need to charge a battery that has been mostly discharged. I have seen my Ctek take 3 days to fully charge a mostly discharged battery and go into monitoring mode.
If you want to use it for both charging and "tending" you should look for something with maybe 4A charging rate (I have one of these at my rural property that I rotate out between tractor, 4 wheeler, and riding mower while I am at the property) that won't take so long to charge as the typical 1.25A "tender" charge rate. I have had a Ctek 3300 for about 8 years and have been pleased with it, but I normally only use it as a tender. I had a Battery Tender Plus for years prior to that; it shorted out and smoked the electronics inside the unit at around 12 years old. I have several older battery chargers that I tend to use when I need to charge a battery that has been mostly discharged. I have seen my Ctek take 3 days to fully charge a mostly discharged battery and go into monitoring mode.
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The actual dash cam was only plugged in to the cigarette outlet for about 5 minutes. I drive basically every day for at least 30-45 minutes so I would think the battery would have time to charge. Also, convenient enough but my truck was at the dealership friday getting 4 recalls done, so that's most likely why the battery died on me sunday if I had to guess.
Thinking of getting one of these duralast batteries from Autozone, any opinions?
https://www.autozone.com/batteries-s...cca/832332_0_0
https://www.autozone.com/batteries-s...cca/516423_0_0
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Have noticed with the Covid 19 and cold weather an extended charging time for the normal operation of things in the truck to operate normal like the following.
Ignition turn off accessory runtime very short after turning the truck off, corrected with enough run time.
Auto stop start function seems non existent, corrected itself with enough run time.
A 16 vehicle with a 5 year old OEM battery driving 30- 40 minutes in cold weather may not be enough to carry you through in cold weather.
Am a OEM guy here. If the OEM battery delivered the vehicle 5 years of service that's seems to be a good track record.
Plus is the Ford dealer is set up to reset everything.
Today ALL products with the seemingly LAX product quality control every thing is a crap shoot.
Just replaced the OEM fuel pump on the 2007 Kawasaki Mule with a OEM replacement made 2 rides to have it fail. Luckily had bought 2 just because of this reason. Changed it out and back in business, replacement for failed unit is coming.
Good Luck -20F yesterday morning, high was -10F and right now -10F
Do carry a lithium jump starter in the Mule & F150 for times like this. Many models out there & have had 2 failures, same with stand by chargers found the small Battery Tender units meets the needs.
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Ignition turn off accessory runtime very short after turning the truck off, corrected with enough run time.
Auto stop start function seems non existent, corrected itself with enough run time.
A 16 vehicle with a 5 year old OEM battery driving 30- 40 minutes in cold weather may not be enough to carry you through in cold weather.
Am a OEM guy here. If the OEM battery delivered the vehicle 5 years of service that's seems to be a good track record.
Plus is the Ford dealer is set up to reset everything.
Today ALL products with the seemingly LAX product quality control every thing is a crap shoot.
Just replaced the OEM fuel pump on the 2007 Kawasaki Mule with a OEM replacement made 2 rides to have it fail. Luckily had bought 2 just because of this reason. Changed it out and back in business, replacement for failed unit is coming.
Good Luck -20F yesterday morning, high was -10F and right now -10F
Do carry a lithium jump starter in the Mule & F150 for times like this. Many models out there & have had 2 failures, same with stand by chargers found the small Battery Tender units meets the needs.
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Our mechanic at work always likes to point out that the really high end and expensive battery's are 90% marketing. He recommends going with a standard battery thats OEM quality or similar.I called my dealer and got an OEM Motorcraft battery. They beat WallMart, NAPA, and O'Reillys by about $20. Call your local Ford, the worst thing could happen if you call them is you find out the battery is more expensive.
