Sep 6, 2016 · If you are on a cheaper budget, you can go to a salvage yard and get a 1 year used battery out of a wrecked car for $20 - $25 with a 30 day warranty.

Apr 3, 2012 · I hardly ever buy car batteries. What are the cheapest? I figure that car batteries are pretty much all the same, right?

Nov 20, 2009 · You can probably get by with car batteries, it really depends on how often the UPS has to use the battery. Here the power flickers about 2-3 times a week so I prefer marine batteries.

Jun 27, 2011 · Deep cycle batteries are expensive and nobody owns one. Regular car batteries are cheap and everybody seems to have 2 or 3 of them laying around, ready to be used, free of charge.

Jul 11, 2001 · A cheap trickle from Harbor Freight (actually several), which does really work to maintain charge but is slow compared with my at-the-time ~$30 higher performance battery maintenance …

Jun 2, 2005 · Based on that, and also the possibility of acid leakage, I highly advise against using a car battery indoors. Excellent point. Most car batteries are meant for starting and not deep cycling which …

Oct 28, 2015 · 2005 Mazda3, 200k miles with this cooler weather, my car is starting to have a hard time to start. the battery (size 35) is 4 or 5yrs old. I was at Walmart and decided to have them do a load …

Jul 24, 2000 · I needed a new watch battery, and posted a thread in OT about it. Someone mentioned this Walmart deal so I am just passing it along. I went into a Chicago 'burb Walmart, and for …

May 16, 2009 · Do your self a favor - if you're buying alkaline batteries, buy industrial alkaline batteries from someone like Panasonic. The industrial type (the white-label batteries that generally come …

Nov 2, 2015 · Get a cheap multimeter and test them that way. The batteries are so super cheap off ebay you can just get a batch, throw away the lower-testing ones, and come out ahead.