The Ford Barn

Daves55Sedan · 04-01-2019, 09:07 PM

I bought this Exide model CT1, 6 volt battery, 625 CCA at Rural King on July 11, 2018. For the last couple months, it has been out of the car and sitting on the floor in the laundry room while my instruments were in for repair. Now that the rebuilt instruments have been installed, I went out to re-install the car battery (after having charged it the previous day).
So I go to start the car and the battery wont even click the starter solenoid. Headlights are very dim. I get the battery checked. It has two real good cells and one dead cell. The battery was 8 months old and was only used full time for 5 months, and well cared for during that time.
So I go back to Rural King with the old battery and they no longer carry the Exide CT1, but they have a slightly larger model CTF2, also 625 CCA. But it costs $64.99. So I'm thinking I will need to shell out about $20 to make up the difference, since the CT1 only costed $44.99.
Not having any other choice, I brought the CTF2 up to the counter and the cashier made the exchange for me at no charge $00.00.
Both these battery's have 24 month warranty.
BTW, the CTF2 fits perfectly into the battery tray in the car and my homemade hold-down mount fits perfectly around the perimeter (unbeknownst to me at the time of exchange). On the way home from Rural King, I thought I might need to swap all that out. Nope !

04-01-2019, 09:07 PM	#1
Daves55Sedan Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Granite City, Illinois Posts: 3,008	8 month old 6V battery dead I bought this Exide model CT1, 6 volt battery, 625 CCA at Rural King on July 11, 2018. For the last couple months, it has been out of the car and sitting on the floor in the laundry room while my instruments were in for repair. Now that the rebuilt instruments have been installed, I went out to re-install the car battery (after having charged it the previous day). So I go to start the car and the battery wont even click the starter solenoid. Headlights are very dim. I get the battery checked. It has two real good cells and one dead cell. The battery was 8 months old and was only used full time for 5 months, and well cared for during that time. So I go back to Rural King with the old battery and they no longer carry the Exide CT1, but they have a slightly larger model CTF2, also 625 CCA. But it costs $64.99. So I'm thinking I will need to shell out about $20 to make up the difference, since the CT1 only costed $44.99. Not having any other choice, I brought the CTF2 up to the counter and the cashier made the exchange for me at no charge $00.00. Both these battery's have 24 month warranty. BTW, the CTF2 fits perfectly into the battery tray in the car and my homemade hold-down mount fits perfectly around the perimeter (unbeknownst to me at the time of exchange). On the way home from Rural King, I thought I might need to swap all that out. Nope !