Interstate Battery

[Cherokee]

Problem, I don't think so, yet.
2004 V-6 AWD Escape, Platinum Addition, Woo~Hoooo~Wa, I'm Bad ! As far as I can research this was the only year with a dashboard switch for AWD or 4WD. There was a catch. If ya forgot and went faster than 40 mph ya took out the rotary blade coupler. That part is no longer produced or in Inventory. A junk yard part cannot be tested until fully Installed. So mines a FWD.

230,000 miles and the a/c still blows cold. I'll drive it as a bad weather back up car until I need a Wrecker.

Finally, The Battery. Its a good old Green Intersate two year warranty battery, the cheapest one. I paid $119 and Its 4 years old. I tested it today after sitting ten days.
I had 11.93 VDC. I put a 2 amp charge on it for four hours. After a 30 minute rest I had 12.69 VDC.

Should I start closely watching the Interstate ? or Fagetaboutit.

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[Packer Bill]

Problem, I don't think so, yet.
2004 V-6 AWD Escape, Platinum Addition, Woo~Hoooo~Wa, I'm Bad ! As far as I can research this was the only year with a dashboard switch for AWD or 4WD. There was a catch. If ya forgot and went faster than 40 mph ya took out the rotary blade coupler. That part is no longer produced or in Inventory. A junk yard part cannot be tested until fully Installed. So mines a FWD.

230,000 miles and the a/c still blows cold. I'll drive it as a bad weather back up car until I need a Wrecker.

Finally, The Battery. Its a good old Green Intersate two year warranty battery, the cheapest one. I paid $119 and Its 4 years old. I tested it today after sitting ten days.
I had 11.93 VDC. I put a 2 amp charge on it for four hours. After a 30 minute rest I had 12.69 VDC.

Should I start closely watching the Interstate ? or Fagetaboutit.

I would test the SOH of your battery...if it is below 70%, I recommending replacing it.

 

[inline_five]

Buy a Bluetooth BM2 battery monitor. They can be bought for $10-$15 on Aliexpress or $25 on Amazon. I have them on my three cars.

Get a 20w solar panel charging panel for around $40 and put it outside on the windshield facing the sun (ie park south in winter, east/west in summer).

I’ve got a five year old Walmart battery that holds 12.4v and performs well on my airport car. As long as you keep lead acid batteries charged, they should well outlast their warranty period.

 

[Cherokee]

I would test the SOH of your battery...if it is below 70%, I recommending replacing it.

I think 11.9 VDC was like, 40% charged. I’ll watch it close and if it drops like that again. Walmart here I come.

 

[ugfbill]

Problem, I don't think so, yet.
2004 V-6 AWD Escape, Platinum Addition, Woo~Hoooo~Wa, I'm Bad ! As far as I can research this was the only year with a dashboard switch for AWD or 4WD. There was a catch. If ya forgot and went faster than 40 mph ya took out the rotary blade coupler. That part is no longer produced or in Inventory. A junk yard part cannot be tested until fully Installed. So mines a FWD.

230,000 miles and the a/c still blows cold. I'll drive it as a bad weather back up car until I need a Wrecker.

Finally, The Battery. Its a good old Green Intersate two year warranty battery, the cheapest one. I paid $119 and Its 4 years old. I tested it today after sitting ten days.
I had 11.93 VDC. I put a 2 amp charge on it for four hours. After a 30 minute rest I had 12.69 VDC.

Should I start closely watching the Interstate ? or Fagetaboutit.

4 years? It’s time to replace

 

[HeyBales]

I think 11.9 VDC was like, 40% charged. I’ll watch it close and if it drops like that again. Walmart here I come.

You can have bad SOC though, and good SOH.

Unless it's hanging out at bad SOC constantly.

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