What kind of batteries to use for 2016 cascadia

In my experience batteries don't really last much more than 2 or 3 years regardless of brand. Never had much luck with AGM. Sure they work great at first but they seem to fall off a cliff once they start to deteriorate.

 

Did you get lead or agm battery's?

 

Yeah that's what I figured. I mean the agm batteries warranty is exactly the same as the lead batteries. The argument for the agm is that theres much less chance of them shorting out and causing electrical issues with your truck. So I don't know. I've never run anything but leads in any of my vehicles and havn't had any issues.

 

Interstate has worked well for me

 

what truck do you drive? old or newer? the new trucks have many electronics. i think my Cascadia has 16 computers in it. anyways that's the argument for buying more expensive supposedly better quality battery's.

 

An AGM battery IS a lead acid battery. The difference is they have glass matting, instead of plates, that absorbs the acid and they’re more resistant to vibration and damage. They’re sealed, so they can be mounted in any direction. They’re not some wonder battery, unusual technology, or anything else.

You can buy plain old lead acid batteries that utilize plate construction. You don’t have to buy Odyssey or any other high dollar junk. The counter guy knows crap.

I’d buy whatever chain battery you can get your hands on, for a reasonable price. No matter where you’re at in the country, using a chain battery ensures you can walk into any one of their stores and get warranty help. As mentioned, you’ll probably get 2-3 years out of them, regardless of how much you spend.

I’m not sure how the warranty would work, buying NAPA batteries from a Freightliner dealer. If you walk into NAPA, 500 miles away, they may tell you your warranty is through the Freightliner dealer. I’m not sure.

If it were me, I’d buy from Walmart, O’Reilly, or Auto Zone. One of those stores is in about every small town, on every road, in this country.

 

The batteries are only really there for starting the engine. Once running the alternator is supposed to provide 100% of the electrical system power. The batteries do act as a shock absorber of sorts and will absorb any voltage spikes as well.

 

Oh, ok I see. About the battery differences that is. Yeah it's hard for me to muster going from 100 to 600 for a battery. They'd better have one hell of a warranty and last a long long time which it does neither. Napa actually charges more then freightliner for the same battery. Napa 170 freightliner 98. 18 month warranty offered by both.

 

Volvo agm 18 month free replacement was like $150 each.

 

Practice due diligence, here. There’s no way Freightliner are buying a $170 battery for so cheap they’re still making money at $98. NAPA’s commercial pricing just wouldn’t be less than 50% of retail to any customer, even if they bought a pallet of batteries. I believe the Freightliner counter person is misquoting the price. There’s a good chance you’ll go back in there and be quoted more than NAPA’s retail price. This just doesn’t make sense, coming from someone who used to receive the best commercial pricing available and has worked in parts supply.