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Been looking at some batts but not to sure what makes a batt good. is it the amps per hour or the cranking amps or what ? i got a cheap walmart deep cell batt its 124 ah 800 cranking amps.

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Cranking Amps and Cold Cranking Amps are what start your engine. basically what your battery can output for a very short amount of time.

Amp Hours is how big of a capacity your batteries can give out. 124 amp hours means IIRC that the battery can output 124 amps for one hour.

im sure some of this info is wrong so someone correct me

edit: link time.

http://www.1st-optima-batteries.com/amp_hours.asp

http://www.autobatteries.com/faq/index.asp

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You want a battery with high amps. The amp hour is important too if you plan on discharging the battery for long periods of time without recharging. My favorite batts for this are XS Power. They have a high amp rate and very high amp hours. You can't really lose with their batts.

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