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Old 11-25-2015, 03:13 PM
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^On that I did email Schumacher and they did say that the Deep Cycle/Maintenance Free setting on the charger I have would work fine to keep in good health

Even if it never gets on a charger, Pep Girls gives me 4 year free replacement on it if it fails - which is a few months more than I got on my last batt and lets be honest 95% of people buy a battery and it never sees a charger for its whole life besides when the car is running, lol
Good to hear RB.

I would bet over 95% of the passenger vehicles on the road never have a charger hooked up prior to starting issues!
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Old 11-25-2015, 05:24 PM
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I think I'll stick with wet cell personally. Just preference.

I do use trickle chargers on the 2 cars I have here that only get driven once or twice a month though. And of course the other 3 occasionally during the odd extended (week or more) of non-driving.
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Home Depot started carrying Exide batteries. Picked up the Global Extreme version for $110. Bought it in June and it has a May date code. Fresh!

EXIDE GLOBAL EXTREME
Part #: L5/49X
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CCA: 900 CA: 1080
RC: 185 Ah: 107
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Home Depot started carrying Exide batteries. Picked up the Global Extreme version for $110. Bought it in June and it has a May date code. Fresh!

EXIDE GLOBAL EXTREME
Part #: L5/49X
40 Month Free Replacement Period
CCA: 900 CA: 1080
RC: 185 Ah: 107
Do they have any that are minty fresh?

Nice score! $110 is cheap.
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I have something to offer regarding the battery swap. Hopefully this is a good place to offer what I have learned.

Generally : When swapping my 2004 E53 battery (Interstate MegaTron to DieHard AGM) I attached a 2 amp battery charger to the terminals under the hood in the firewall. I did this to maintain voltage in the electrical system. It worked !! The windows and sunroof remained calibrated and I didn't have to re-code anything.

Also, I have a 3.0l engine, but the larger 4.4l battery (size M8/49) fit just dandy. And, the larger battery was less expensive too.
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Old 07-12-2016, 06:07 PM
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The windows and sunroof remained calibrated and I didn't have to re-code anything.
I've never had calibration or re-coding issues when disconnecting/reconnecting a battery with an e53. It's electronics don't monitor battery life or the other criteria that the e60's and later did. E46/E53/E83(pre LCI) were some of the last chassis to have "dumb" battery monitoring AFAIK.
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I've never had calibration or re-coding issues when disconnecting/reconnecting a battery with an e53. It's electronics don't monitor battery life or the other criteria that the e60's and later did. E46/E53/E83(pre LCI) were some of the last chassis to have "dumb" battery monitoring AFAIK.
I failed to do the temporary charge hookup on my last battery replacement and lost all the preset radio stations, but still had the seat memory positions intact.

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Old 07-13-2016, 01:41 AM
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I failed to do the temporary charge hookup on my last battery replacement and lost all the preset radio stations, but still had the seat memory positions intact.

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Oh yes, you will definitely lose radio stations. I just meant you wouldn't lose any coding selections (courtesy closing, auto locking, etc) or memory/calibrations, at least, in my experience. Should have specified.
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Timely bump. Stopped by the Deka/East Penn Mfg plant yesterday to pickup a new 9AGM49. $139.
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