Winter hell, its only mid-autumn and its been below freezing every morning this
week at my house.
-Curt
From: "arche...@embarqmail.com" <arche...@embarqmail.com>
To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Batteries
Yeah, it probably wouldn't work up north in the winter and might not work down
here in the winter. Even a pair of them (450 CCA) might not work in the winter.
Gerry
Curt Raymond wrote:
> Might work reasonably well when its warm out but 225CCA is 1/4 what a group
> 49 battery is capable of. Based on the price it sounds like capacity is sold
> linearly...
> -Curt
> From: archer75--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> To: Craig <diese...@pisquared.net>; Mercedes Discussion List
><mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 8:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Batteries
>
> When I was bench testing several alternators last summer, I put the shop
> battery, a $29.xx 225 CCA garden tractor battery, in the '83 300D; drove to
> town with A/C on, went to several stores, and drove home with no problem.
> Thought about installing 2 in parallel ($58.xx) so car would still start if
> one went bad, but tray was not quite long enough.
> Gerry...who likes to experiment
>
>
>
> Craig wrote:
> > Since the battery in our '82 240D/3.0 died last week, I went looking for
> > a replacement battery for it.
> > WOW! Have battery prices gone through the roof!
> > AutoZone wanted $150 - $175.
> > NAPA wanted $184.
> > Thanks,
> > Craig
>
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