batteries

(Spawned from Hammer's 20 thread) What's the advantages of gel batteries vs traditional (and cheaper) lead acid? I didn't know they'd crept their way into trucks yet. My only experience with them is with my dad's junk jap car and his Goldwing. Gel is required in his Mazda Miata because...

We changed the batteries on 07 Pete 386. Dash lights and gauges come on when turning ignition on, but go off when we start the truck. It has dashes all across the panel, and the truck starts right up. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Let me start by saying I don't know what size batteries originally came in my truck, because I never looked at them and they have been replaced. My current batteries (my truck has 3) are rated at 725 CCA. They are "Pro Series", which you can get at batteryoutfitters. I didn't buy them there...

Has anyone ever relocated their batteries to a between frame battery box? I guess the main reason to doing so, for me, is redistribution of weight. My 387 is nose heavy and will get heavier once I get the APU installed. My batteries weigh 75 lbs. each for a total of 300 lbs. Additionally, I...

I have had shops replace my batteries in the past and I have never watched them do it. Is there any special procedures for taking all the cables and connection off, a certain order in which you do it or just any old way and get shocked to death? Until, I take them off and look at the...

I seem to be going through a set of 4 batteries every 6 months. I pay for a full set and get the second for free under warranty. I don't want to discuss this. I've been through all the diagnostics and experts and the conclusion is I'm just wearing them out from a heavy hotel load and constant...