I have been waiting for month for my new model a script battery ,the interesting part is that it came already charged and is maintenance free .The old type model a script battery is 7 years old and probably ok but being so old I,didn't want to take a chance . Has anyone tried one of these new type batteries
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This is the first time I have heard of the script battery lasting that long. Is there more than one place to buy one, that is are there more than one manufacturer? -
There's a dirty little secret hiding in all this!
Original batteries had caps for water maintenance. Pure Lead is to soft to support itself in very thin grid plates, so manufacturers originally used plates made of a Lead-Antimony alloy. Unfortunately this alloy causes a lot of gassing. For years and years this was the alloy used by all car battery manufacturers. Recycling was easy, all the same alloy. Then came "maintenance free". Those batteries use plates made from a Lead-Calcium alloy. That alloy has a much reduced self-discharge and a greatly reduced hydrolysis potential. For many more years battery manufacturers then had to contend with two batches of recycled lead alloys.
Now, the majority of car batteries use Antimony free plates. To make a run of special plate grid with the 'old' alloy just for bottom line, ultra low volume 6V batteries is cost prohibitive. Almost all the 'standard' group one 6V batteries you now get for $50 at Farm & Fleet, etc. actually have the maintenance free Lead-Calcium plates. They just don't tell you and put it all in the old design cases with cell caps.
If you ran one of those newer 'dirty little secret' Group 1 batteries with the correct regulated 7.15V supply it would go years without needing water. Unfortunately the ONLY 6V regulator available for the Delco 10/12SI perversions a lot of guys run puts out a whopping 7.7V. Also, lots of guys with stock generators have the third brush set for waaaaay to much output. That will gas the water out of any type battery, maintenance free or not.
Fortunately the buyers of the expensive original Ford script replacements, now apparently 'maintenance free', won't be running those 7.7V 10SI perversions. Hopefully they will keep the third brush under control, just an amp or two of charge. That should give at least five years service, better than the two years expected with the old plate/alloy design.Mechanical engineering 101: If you put an adjustment knob, screw, bolt, or tolerance specs on something, some people will immediately fiddle with it. If you mark it DO NOT TOUCH everyone will mess with it.
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It also comes with a 1 year replacement battery or three year proratedComment
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If I have six good batteries on a shelf, can I put one battery maintainer on them by running jumpers across all of the positive and all of the negative posts to the maintainer?02-11-2019, 10:59 AM -
Hve anyone here used this battery from Battery Central Mall? I am tired of changing old-style pseudo period-correct batteries every 3-4years, and at the same time don't want a red Optima battery sticking out like a sore thumb under my car.
The battery has got AGM cells inside, so the performance ought to be comparable to the Optima. Could anyone share their experiences with batteries...03-30-2022, 02:25 PM -
I've noticed that on some tractor sites people have started using garden tractor batteries on smaller tractors, like 8Ns and such. The thought is that with as much as 340 cca available in these smaller batteries, and their cheaper prices, (about 1/3 that of a typical 12v battery), they are ok for something that is used very little, sits around a lot, and doesn't probably last for too long anyway....05-22-2018, 10:16 AM -
The only thing I could find was thread in June of 2017 on script batteries. Is anyone still selling them or have they been discontinued? I want to find one but have hit a dead end. I know points are lost with the reproduction script battery. Does anyone know what the difference is in points deducted between a repro script and a modern battery? Is it arbitrary or a set deduction on the judging...06-09-2018, 11:12 PM -
I'm a Battery Tender guy, had one for years and it still does the charging job well. I've read about these desulfator battery chargers which say they can do a better job of prolonging battery life. What say you?01-16-2019, 10:37 AM -
Last July I bought a cheap battery. Not to mention the name of the auto parts store, but it's something like O'R.....png "upside down")
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Anyway, a few days ago I was out in the garage and was dinking around with "Minne", and got called away. Later went out and turned off the lights and closed the door. Yesterday after three days, I went out to the garage to pick up where I left...01-08-2023, 09:10 PM -
We've been using Optima batteries with good success in 12 volt applications with 1 wire alternators. We tried a 6 volt Optima and haven't had much success with holding a prolonged charge. Our (commercial) battery vendor won't recommend a maintainer (such as the Battery Tender Junior, etc.) for the 6 volt application unless it's a wet cell battery. Any thoughts and / or what are folks using for batteries...05-05-2018, 06:08 PM -
Some of the newer battery chargers have a feature to rejuvenate sulfated batteries.
I'm wondering if it's worth trying one.
Does anyone here own one, how well does it work, what brand is it, and how much did it cost? Thanks09-29-2017, 11:00 PM -
Not a big deal really … but after two years my new positive battery connecter has been completely eaten away. Is this something relative to positive ground or … ?
Henk11-10-2022, 03:33 PM -
Mitch,
You mentioned "battery stickers" in a post about radiator rods here in the fine point section. Where did you hear about them - Jim Brand and does sell them? I am not about to spring for a Ford script battery at who know what $$$$. A Ford script sticker at a reasonable price would look nice on my regular batterys.
Rusty Nelson02-10-2020, 08:38 PM
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