Battery Recommendations For Our Trucks?

[Big Dog Daddy]

Isn't there a plastic tab on the bottom that gets in the way of fitting a wider battery:

You'll be able to fit an H8 in that battery tray as is. Without modification.

https://www.f150gen14.com/forum/threads/battery-reserve-capacity-and-otas.11548/

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[PPK]

My Feb 2022 truck has 6200 miles on it... i lost my radio settings on a start last week. so now i know the battery is weak with 570 crank amps after a couple of days of floating it at 14.5 volts. The truck was supposed to have an H7.. but instead has an H6. Lariat 502A was the break point on the larger battery. who knows they might have been short on H7s in Jan 2022... i also notice the 2021 502A has a 7.5 AGM under the rear seat where my '22 does not.

If you measure 570 CA in a 65 degree garage.. it is going to be a lot closer to being a problem at 20 deg if we are starting with the car outside all day.

I am thinking.. a battery is going to deteriorate a bit every year. but when you start out with a tiny battery you have little room for a decline in capacity and still do the job it was intended with a little margin. And every battery only has so many starts. Each time it cranks.. the battery loses a little bit.. I always turn off the start stop. i will put this motorcraft in one of my deere mowers and it will work for a few more years..

Doing an H8... 1000 CA on the one i am installing.. and spec is 760 on the old motorcraft. I will get a few more years of use just upping the capacity..

Self-Stick Foam/Foil Duct reflective Insulation is what i am going to wrap it with and what i have left over i will use to wrap the suction line of the A/C.

 

[fordtruckman2003]

Or just buy a battery blanket online they are not that expensive.

 

[Eighthtry]

I only have 1400 miles on my 23 XLT. So far no problems, but I did disable start/stop.

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