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Originally Posted by Ecky
You can definitely get a deep cycle battery. Be aware you have to upsize it because they have less CCA, so it takes a larger, heavier (and more expensive) battery to provide the same starting power. I've never run the numbers vs a normal flooded cell battery because... well, my car has NiMH, the battery under the hood does virtually nothing.
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Where would you recommend looking for them? And how long do they generally last?
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Originally Posted by 19bonestock88
Don’t get discouraged, you’re still doing great... having to replace stuff like batteries and O2 sensors is just par for the course of owning an older car, I just had to buy almost $1000 in suspension to make my car roadworthy again(still need LCAs installed lol)...
I hadn’t yet considered a deep cycle battery but I likely should since I sometimes EOC after dark and would like to eventually disconnect my alt too... last battery I bought was from Wal-Mart at like $70
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Eh, I guess. I just want to get that O2 sensor fixed so I can go back to getting 50+ mpg lol. I mean geez, I'm getting 30-32mpg city / 33-34 mpg highway whenever I drive my parents' unecomodded minivan. 50 should be nothing for a Civic.
$1000 in suspension? Was that from your deer accident?
I wish I could EOC. I wonder if there's a way to wire up a kill switch that puts your car in DFCO mode instead of killing the engine.
I wonder if I could use something like this
solar powered AC, and then go in and delete my AC, radio, and speakers. So far I haven't had to use AC yet, but it's also only gotten above 90 degrees Fahrenheit once outside when I've driven.