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Title: walmart battery?
Post by: wildbill on August 22, 2006, 11:44:26 PM
where can i buy one of these? I checked walmarts website and it doesn't look like they carry any thing like that, would a pep boys or some place have this? I really would rather buy it in person than through online.
Title: Re: walmart battery?
Post by: average on August 22, 2006, 11:58:40 PM
How about GOING to Walmart?   O0
Title: Re: walmart battery?
Post by: MarkusN on August 23, 2006, 12:35:32 AM
Too great a risk to have the bike knocked over in the parking lot...
Title: Re: walmart battery?
Post by: wildbill on August 23, 2006, 07:53:14 AM
thanks for the terrible replies but i figure if it's not on the website it wouldn't be in the store..
Title: Re: walmart battery?
Post by: The Buddha on August 23, 2006, 09:55:09 AM
Quote from: wildbill on August 23, 2006, 07:53:14 AM
thanks for the terrible replies but i figure if it's not on the website it wouldn't be in the store..

Its in the store ... Dunno about website, people that go to walmart, dont have web access ... you know that  O0 ... so like you're messing their demographic ...
Cool.
Srinath.
Title: Re: walmart battery?
Post by: wildbill on August 23, 2006, 10:06:06 AM
hahaha yeah i suppose. well i guess i'll just have to take a trip to one and check it out.

Title: Re: walmart battery?
Post by: Budrick320 on August 23, 2006, 02:21:30 PM
Yeah lots of stores don't have all their inventory on the internet. Most times it is stuff that is too fragile, too big or illegal to ship through the mail.
Title: Re: walmart battery?
Post by: MarkusN on August 23, 2006, 02:25:07 PM
BTW, I was semi-serious with my remark about having the bike knocked over. Too many here have reprted exactly that.
Title: Re: walmart battery?
Post by: Onlypastrana199 on August 23, 2006, 02:57:13 PM
The walmarts near me dont carry the right one...not even close to the right one..i matched up numbers and ended up with a smaller sized battery that works just fine..one i have a block of wood in my battery box to keep it from wiggling around...I ordered the right one online.  :dunno_white:
Title: Re: walmart battery?
Post by: Egaeus on August 23, 2006, 07:43:14 PM
Go to a battery store.  You'll typically get a much better quality battery.  I bought mine, it was dry.  They put the acid in it, I put it in the bike, and that's it!  I've only charged it once (it was cold, I was trying to get the bike to run, and was cranking on it quite a bit) and that was just for a few minutes.  I rarely commute on the bike, so it doesn't get ridden that often.  It still starts like a champ.
Title: Re: walmart battery?
Post by: wildbill on August 23, 2006, 08:01:45 PM
Quote from: Egaeus on August 23, 2006, 07:43:14 PM
Go to a battery store.  You'll typically get a much better quality battery.  I bought mine, it was dry.  They put the acid in it, I put it in the bike, and that's it!  I've only charged it once (it was cold, I was trying to get the bike to run, and was cranking on it quite a bit) and that was just for a few minutes.  I rarely commute on the bike, so it doesn't get ridden that often.  It still starts like a champ.

i just rather get a sealed b.c it isnt messy, as liable to leak, better starting, etc.. so it seemed walmart be the easy way to go.
Title: Re: walmart battery?
Post by: Egaeus on August 23, 2006, 08:04:25 PM
Except that the walmart batteries aren't really sealed. 

http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=29220.0
Title: Re: walmart battery?
Post by: wildbill on August 24, 2006, 10:46:14 AM
Quote from: Egaeus on August 23, 2006, 08:04:25 PM
Except that the walmart batteries aren't really sealed. 

http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=29220.0
actually they are, if you read through the thread they just keep the acid separate from the container so it has a longer shelf life.  Someone said also that once you put the acid in, it's near impossible to take the cap off that seals it. also there is no overflow resevoir which is another clue.
Title: Re: walmart battery?
Post by: Egaeus on August 24, 2006, 02:35:31 PM
Hey, it's your bike, and your rust problem.