Hey all. Will try to keep this short. I bought a 2014 GT in Oct 2019. It has been sitting in my garage. It gets very cold here, and expectedly, the battery is dead. The key FOB wont even unlock the doors, so I take it the battery is fully drained.
I bought a Noco Genius1 charger/tender. I have a Motorcraft AZ BXT-96R battery in it. Research tells me this is an OEM battery. I do not know what TYPE of battery this is (AGM, Lithium, wet-cell etc.) nor how many "Ah" it is.
My Noco Genius1 unit has 4 modes. 12V, 12V AGM, 12V Lithium and a 6V.
I know my battery is 12V, but don't know anything more. Research came up empty. I have been "charging" it on 12V mode for about 14 hrs, and still no luck.
12v, Basic wet cell. If the Battery is dead the trickle charger might not be enough.
My NOCO Genius G7200 will charge my group 31 Deep Cell Marine battery in 8 hours.
Are you sure it is hooked up correctly and the cable didn't come off or something in that order.
If it is wet cell, then 12V mode should be working (assuming battery isn't dead-dead).
It is pulsing red in the 12V mode so it should be "charging". + and - are hooked up correctly.
I am assuming it's the OEM battery and is fully dead due to the extreme cold we get here in Minnesota. Someone suggested getting an Interstate battery from Costco.
That's what I ended up doing too. I was originally going to install a Costco Interstate battery but both of the Costcos close to me said it was special order and would take a few days to get. That's more than a one-time inconvenience potentially, in the case where you need a warranty replacement, i'd have been stuck waiting again for a special order. The OEM Motorcraft battery available at the dealer a block down from Costco was only ~$40 more and I got good service from the first one.
Both my Mustang and F150 have Walmart Batteries in them. The Mustang is going on year 3. It originally went bad from my Trickle Charger/battery tender overcharged it and dried it out. That was before the NOCO Genius.
A "typical" automotive battery has about 70 amp-hours of capacity (varies based on size and temperature). That means a one amp charger will take well over 70 hours to charge it, since a smart charger should not just deliver 1 amp all of the time. If it's really smart, it should deliver a small charge until the battery comes off "dead", then ramp up to one amp, and then taper off when the battery nears full charge.
You might consider borrowing a 10 amp battery charger or similar and connect it for a few hours just to see if the battery will even take a charge or not. At best, it will literally take days to make this determination with your one amp trickle charger.
Mine is 7.2 amps, That is the one that the Manufacturer of my Pool Vacuum remends for overnight charging.
I do have a 200 AMP Charger that will start it in my Garage but will also do 10 and 40 amps.
I have also had local shops recommend Interstate batteries . . . I think they do it because they make a lot of money on them . . . I think crjackson's melt-down is an exception not the rule, but it does show that there is nothing magic about them . . .
I have had good luck with Walmart batteries, they are relatively cheap and readily available at your local Wally World, and as far as I can tell they are just as good as the higher priced batteries, that is what I will be using in all my cars from here forward
I think you're right, it was the exception. That said, it was all the exception I needed to turn me away from future purchases. As you can probably guess, I lost the whole truck in this meltdown.
Possibly, if your car battery is dead, 0v, the charger will not start to charge. You might check that with a voltmeter. If so, you may have to jump your car to get some charge into the batter.
I just bought a new charger and that was my problem.
I've only bought Motorcraft batteries from the dealer for years now. I've had Autozone batteries go stone dead after only 2 years and almost all battery brands are NOT prorated anymore. However, Motorcraft is. Most brands just give you a flat 3 year warranty and after that there is nothing.
Walmart batteries are like buying name brand items from Home Depot in that they are made as cheap as possible with lower quality parts and the lowest quality control, if any. Go to a supply store(plumbing, electrical, hvac, etc) and the same exact item is usually made with better, more substantial materials and has better QC. I won't roll the dice with Walmart or any other generic supplier.
There's also a $40 rebate on Max and Plus batteries going on until 3/31/20 at Ford but you have to use their Ford service credit card to pay for it.
There's 3 major battery manufacturers in the U.S. Johnson Controls, Exide, and Delphi. They make up the bulk of all batteries sold in the U.S. Johnson Control makes both the Motorcraft and the Walmart Battery. On some of them it is only the stickers being different but going by CCA they are the same on the inside if the CCA is the same. My Walmart Battery is replaced for 3 years for free and then prorated to 5.
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