Batteries, again

by ribbs65 on Sat May 21, 2011 6:05 am

Has anyone used either Costco or Diehard Group 27 deep cycle batteries in the Cat? Is there much of a difference, except price, between those and Interstate batteries?

by retired2 on Sat May 21, 2011 6:34 am

Diehard used to be made by Interstate, and may still be. I have used both and have personally had better success with Interstate, both in longivity and warranty. I don't know about Costco.

by Specktout on Sun May 22, 2011 12:26 am

If you can afford it, go with Trojan AGM's you'll get twice the life out of them. I bought 2-12v 27 group AGM's they will power my cat for week without recharging. A local dealer here in Corpus has them for $139 each. There should be a dealer near you in Californa.

by Portagie1968 on Sun May 22, 2011 7:22 am

Trojan ASM's. Are they sealed batteries.

by Mopar_Earl on Sun May 22, 2011 3:07 pm

Interstate is it's own battery company and Diehard's are made by Excide, at least 8 years ago that was true. Excide is very large and makes most batteries on the market. They also make AC Delco batteries. But I've been out of the field for 8 years now, so things could of changed.

Earl

by shooter on Sun May 22, 2011 11:44 pm

The last battery I installed was from Costco, it has been working fine foe the past few years.

by Kim on Mon May 23, 2011 2:39 pm

I put in two Costco group 27 batteries when I bought the FW new last year. So far, so good and I have lots of reserve power.

As far as the Costco batteries go in general I have used Costco group 24's for many years in previous RV's and never had a problem.

by jetskier on Tue May 24, 2011 7:39 am

I have four 6V golf cart batteries from Costco... 5 years and still going strong.

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