Because it is Warranty is for life. Does not matter how long i have had it as long as i do not loose my original bill
they give me a new one each time so i'm getting a good one for free and it is worth it to see the look on their face when i take it in..
every 4-5 years. They only asked once what it was in and wanted to check the charging system and when i said i needed a battery in it to show them
they just said "Oh" brought it back anyway cause i knew my system was charging perfectly and now they just hook some new tester up and can tell
right away when there is a dead cell.
does not matter
Dan, why in earth's name would you go through all that trouble to keep a warranty for a Canadian Tire battery that you've had for 40 years. Do you like them that much? AC Delco batteries aren't a thousand dollars last time I checked, closer to around a hundred I think. Sure a lot of horsing around for a hundred dollars and an old battery. I think batteries are a bargain and are better than they ever have been.
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Surrey BC
1963 Acadian Beaumont Sport Deluxe http://www.63acadian.com/
.....just put the charger on it on low and let it take juice, it should be fine, a 10 amp trickle will work fine.
The problem is, as soon as I hook the 6 amp charger up, the needle pegs on max and the charger buzzes real loud. I'm sure it would kill the charger if I left it hooked up.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
I have a used battery here, a few years old that I haven't had in a car for a bit. It's a bit on the low side, about 12.32 volts on the tester. I decided it might be a good one to hook up to the stone dead battery, in case it ruins it. I hooked up a pair of booster cables between the two, and there was a pretty good spark, I mean quite evident. I left it hooked up for about 5 seconds at the most, unhooked, tested the battery that started at 12.32 and it was already down to 12.00 volts. There's clearly something wrong with the dead battery, it creates a serious draw on the good battery.
I'm not going to play around any more and chance ruining my charger or any known good battery. I'll take it with me to work, tell the guys who do the GM warranty claims what happened and take it from there. If they cover me, great, if not, it's not the end of the world.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
I'm not going to play around any more and chance ruining my charger or any known good battery.
I'll take it with me to work, tell the guys who do the GM warranty claims what happened and take it from there. If they cover me, great, if not, it's not the end of the world.
Its all in the wording Tell them it was OK (truth) and then it was not (truth) Let them make the decision......
I'm not going to play around any more and chance ruining my charger or any known good battery. I'll take it with me to work, tell the guys who do the GM warranty claims what happened and take it from there. If they cover me, great, if not, it's not the end of the world.
Bingo!
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
The battery didn't freeze, did it? That would be your only issue for warranty. They kind of frown upon those swelled out sides. If not you should be good.
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'68 Parisienne 2+2 Convertible Matador Red (Resale Red but not for sale).
The battery didn't freeze, did it? That would be your only issue for warranty. They kind of frown upon those swelled out sides. If not you should be good.
he bought it from himself he will look after it right Carl?
The battery didn't freeze, did it? That would be your only issue for warranty. They kind of frown upon those swelled out sides. If not you should be good.
he bought it from himself he will look after it right Carl?
What, swap it out with his boss's?
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
The battery didn't freeze, did it? That would be your only issue for warranty. They kind of frown upon those swelled out sides. If not you should be good.
No, no worries there. It's in my garage that sees no frost in the winter.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
That's my thought too. Pretty violent needle movement when I hook up my trickle charger, it slams the needle at max and hums/buzzes like mad.
I just don't understand how or why that happens because the key stayed on.
Worst of it is, they key stayed on AND the battery stayed hooked up. Both are a no-no in my attached garage if I'm not in there working. I am super careful with that but somehow I let my guard down on this one.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
If the battery is dead, I would think you'd be able to check the resistance of battery - it there's a dead short, you should see no resistance... Do you have a multi-meter? A battery tester would tell you if there is an internal short as well.
My mulitimeter has a 9 Volt battery for testing resistance - that should overpower the 0.7 volts from the car battery. Worth a try.
But, I suspect the fact that there's any voltage from the battery suggests it's not a dead short...
I wouldn't fool around with the thing, I'd just return it ... but that's me.
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
On Tuesday afternoon I got brave and decided to try it here at home. I took a known good battery, and hooked up booster cables to the bad one. It did draw the good one down a bit on the volt meter, just about 12.00 volts even. I hooked up the trickle charger, needle pegged to max and the charger hummed. Left it about 5 seconds, unhooked, waited a bit, hooked charger again, same result, 5 seconds, unhook, did this about 8-10 times and finally I saw the needle flicker a bit. Kept at it, eventually the needle came down into the green area and settled off at about 2-3 amps.
I charged it about 4 hours, unhooked the charger and the "bridge battery" for over an hour, tested and it was about 12. 20 volts. Some progress. Let it sit two days, tested now, 11.90 volts. I'll try charging it tomorrow for about 6-8 hours and if it won't come up now, I'll take it in, tell them the story and explain it won't take and hold a charge. I think it's about a year or so old.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
