TCS > wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:32:43 -0500, greenterror > wrote:
> >I've used Die Hards (Sears Battery) and Craftsman tools for years and have
> >always thought they were worth the little extra you pay b/c of their
> >quality and warranties. The battery that Walmart sells isn't a bad
> >battery if you buy one with the same or better specifications as your

> Are there specifications relating to the quality of the platics used, the
> methods of manufactoring the plates and the type and quality of the connections
> and joints from the posts to the plates? A battery with a spec of 500CCA
> means about as much as a $7 PC power supply rated at 500w that will blow if it
> ever handled 200W continuously. There's more to a rating than the peak
> currently handling of the weakest component. What good is 500CCA if the
> battery will crack if it ever carries 50A for more than 5 minutes.

> I'd expect every single one of walmart's batteries to be made in china and be
> of substandard materials. I would not be surprised if case cracking and
> broken internal connections were extremely common.


Your expectations are wrong. They have a lot of made in Mexico batteries
as well as other countries. Wet cell batteries are not rocket science
anymore. That Wal-mart battery you can give alot more money for at a
variety of different places. Same battery, different name decal on the
side...