Are any of these batteries worth using?

[Gearstix 10+ year member]

Sorry for the shitty cellphone pics. These are the batteries available to me locally. I'm in Canada and it seems to be a small fortune trying to get batteries from the states or even dealers here in canada.

I'm going to be running hopefully 2-3000 watts. I am possibly getting 80ft of 2/0 welding lead cable.

Hard to read. Group 31S, 1100CA, 950CCA

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[Annnarbor84 5,000+ posts]

I would stick with sealed, I cannot tell if any of those are.

 

[Gearstix 10+ year member]

I would stick with sealed, I cannot tell if any of those are.

I am not sure either, there are supposed to be deep cycle batteries at the store but I could not find it.

I've only ever seen two Optima's in the 9 years I've lived here.

These batteries will not be in the passenger comparment. I have a truck so they will be in the bed.

 

[Annnarbor84 5,000+ posts]

I am not sure either, there are supposed to be deep cycle batteries at the store but I could not find it.I've only ever seen two Optima's in the 9 years I've lived here.

These batteries will not be in the passenger comparment. I have a truck so they will be in the bed.

I suppose they would be okay back there, I would not want them anywhere near me if they were not sealed. Also amp hours is something to pay attention to when buying batts, the bigger the better.

 

[Gearstix 10+ year member]

I will probably be using multiple batteries. Some of them did not have the amp hours listed.

 

[TnT_Sounds 10+ year member]

AH isn't necessarily the only thing to look for.. AH really is only a factor if you play with your car off.

I like to know how much amps I can surge from a battery for 10 seconds.

 

[SicAudio 5,000+ posts]

i noticed exide brand on 1 if you can get an exide marathon grab them they are very under rated and will do over 1100 ca and willwork very well for your situation since you cant get decent batteries (agm). just use a battery box for each 1. and they have a 9yr warranty !

 

[Gearstix 10+ year member]

i noticed exide brand on 1 if you can get an exide marathon grab them they are very under rated and will do over 1100 ca and willwork very well for your situation since you cant get decent batteries (agm). just use a battery box for each 1. and they have a 9yr warranty !

The Exide one shown is a commercial truck battery and is pretty large. Would it work?

I will look into the Exide Marathon line aswell.

There may be some AGM batteries there, but I could not find them at the time I was there.

 

[bland 10+ year member]

Do you have a walmart nearby. The optima bluetop's are cheap. If they don't have any in stock they should be able to order some in.

 

[cj407]

Do you have a walmart nearby. The optima bluetop's are cheap. If they don't have any in stock they should be able to order some in.

and ****....

 

[bland 10+ year member]

So I suppose the yellowtops **** to? I know they're not the best, but they get the job done.

 

[Gearstix 10+ year member]

Do you have a walmart nearby. The optima bluetop's are cheap. If they don't have any in stock they should be able to order some in.

I do have one walmart. I've seen 2 blue tops there in 9 years.

 

[HighTQCummins 10+ year member]

Aren't OTR truck batteries usually 6 volts? That way they make 2 banks of 2 6's hooked together to make 12v, but with big reserve capacity.

If you get 2 truck batteries then wire them up to 12v, they may work, just cause they have such a large reserve. Im sure you know, they are HEAVY!!!!

 

[01 S 10 10+ year member]

my buddy is using 8x 6 volt batteries.... they are not working well for him. once they are drained (usually only 20-30 minutes of playing his system with his truck off), it takes a longgggg time for them to re-charge. they were out of golf carts, maybe he got a bad batch idk... but i would stick to 12v batts.

 

[Gearstix 10+ year member]

That large commercial battery from Exide that I posted is 12V