Well, a couple weeks ago I left my reverse lights on and killed my batteries. I put them on the trickle charger on a low setting and went to start the truck the next day to no avail. I put them on a higher setting, thinking I would get back to the project soon. I didn't, and they sat there on the highest setting for 3 or 4 days. 
Today I went to get my truck started up and decided to have the batteries checked before I screwed around with them. I'd had them on the trickle charger all morning. When checked, they were showing less than a volt each.
Great. If I remember right, I spent $250 to $300 on the damn things 5 years ago. They're sealed Exide batteries, 750 CCA at 0*F, nice batteries. Well, I wasn't excited about dropping that kind of money down because of such a stupid mistake.
I decided to go by the local Bi-Mart to see what they had. I found some Exide batteries that had been re-badged as Bi-Mart brand for $66 each that were 850 CCA at 0*F.
Truck fired up like a champ. 
So, bummer to spend so much money, but at least it wasn't $300 like I'd expected. I was eyeballing a Redtop at the hardware store w/ 800 CCA, but decided to shop around. Decided I was never going to need to mount my batteries upside down, so a regular battery would be fine.
Today I went to get my truck started up and decided to have the batteries checked before I screwed around with them. I'd had them on the trickle charger all morning. When checked, they were showing less than a volt each.
Great. If I remember right, I spent $250 to $300 on the damn things 5 years ago. They're sealed Exide batteries, 750 CCA at 0*F, nice batteries. Well, I wasn't excited about dropping that kind of money down because of such a stupid mistake.I decided to go by the local Bi-Mart to see what they had. I found some Exide batteries that had been re-badged as Bi-Mart brand for $66 each that were 850 CCA at 0*F.
Truck fired up like a champ. So, bummer to spend so much money, but at least it wasn't $300 like I'd expected.
I was eyeballing a Redtop at the hardware store w/ 800 CCA, but decided to shop around. Decided I was never going to need to mount my batteries upside down, so a regular battery would be fine. 
Oh well. I got a good deal. 
