Changing battery soon

Yep, one of those! It's fully charged and ready to go now!!!! . That'll learn me!

 

I let one sit uncharged for at least a year. Then recharged it and figured I was safe. When I used it to help two girls who spend more on clothes than batteries it was killed and never took another charge. My NOCO is charged every end-of-month regularly now.

Since I work from home it is easy to spend 10 minutes at the end of the month during my working day, then return it to the truck.

 

Whatever you get, remember Negative/Black cable is removed first. Negative/Black is the last cable to be reconnected to the new battery.

 

OEM

 

Yeah, I also have a 2019 with 70,000 miles on it, and I still have my original battery. I am in CA, and I learned after moving here in 1991, that batteries in my vehicles here, seem to last 7 years, every time, unlike when I was living on the east coast, where they would always die at the three year mark. The only thing I can figure is the weather here, at least, in the San Francisco bay area, where it does not freeze and rarely gets extremely hot. I did finally have to replace the battery in my remote key fob, and that was just a few months ago, at the 5.5 year mark. I found that I could get a whole pack of the batteries for the fobs, from TEMU, yes TEMU, and I can recommend them highly. It turns out that it is the same battery that goes on the motherboard for my home computer too, which recently went out, so that was cool!

 

Automotive Lead acid batteries don't just go bad overnight, unless the case cracked, there's no reason to throw away a good battery. Check the water level after it's fully charged or right after a long drive. Most of the autoparts stores have 3-in-1 testers which can run an in-vehicle test to check on your battery state of charge, charging system and starter, in couple minutes. That will help you to get an idea on where you are at.

 

Tried starting truck this morning and a bunch rapid clicks and check in light came on and check power station message came up

 

My OEM battery says made by Johnson Controls, which is same supplier for Walmart and Interstate.

 

resolved.

 

Do I need a tune to raise the alternator output if I change mine to an AGM and keep

$40 NOCO Genius2D , 2A Direct-Mount Onboard Car Battery Charger, 12V Automotive Charger, Battery Maintainer, Trickle Charger, Float Charger and Desulfator for Marine, ATV, Truck and Deep Cycle Batteries

NOCO Genius2D on it? I have a winch, bumper light bar, and ditch lights all through a Switch Pro 9100. I figured an AGM would handle those better than a regular lead-acid battery.

 

My Scan Gauge shows system voltage between 13.7-13.9V at low idle, 14.2-14.3V when driving. In theory, you should be ok.

 

What do you think? @crashnburn80

 

Recommend Costco or Wall Mart. Both have high turnover, so their inventories are fresh. Costco return/warranty process is unequaled. Wall Marts are everywhere, so maybe not as easy, but easier than most for a return.

 

lol

 

I can’t keep up with apple’s stupid auto correct that auto-fks up a lot…what can I say?

 

False advertising. I can't find one that is 12 volts.

 

I replaced my stock battery from a 2020.
I had an update OTT tune for voltage and bought a heat shield recently.
Nothing was wrong with the original one, just found a deal in Walmart.

 

OTT can change the charging?

 

@GTGallop

They can be adjusted but not perfectly. I have an AGM battery, I did increase my voltage. The consensus on the AGM VForest thread is to put a solar panel and AGM solar controller on your truck.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/vf-tuner-for-the-3-5l-tacoma-agm-tuning.689652/