Product Spotlight

BA9 Battery Tester: Don't Let an Ailing Battery Ruin Your Fun

This time last year, we ran a product spotlight on our great PL2112 12V 1.0A Battery Maintainer called “The Secret to a Fun Toy Season” where we highlighted the importance of proactively maintaining your batteries so that, when you have a window to use your favorite toy, it’s ready to go. This month, we’re spotlighting the other side of the coin for such pursuits, which is the importance of having a good handle on the health of your batteries.

CLORE STORIES

JNC Enables Self-Sufficiency

“I purchased the JNC318 about 7 years ago. I had an original Subaru battery that kept needing a jump. It would drain even if I left the interior light on. Grrr. It is also getting more challenging to get other car owners to assist with a jump. Even the Subaru

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Blizzards are No Match for the JNC660

“I worked a weekend for AAA and had 6 Jump-N-Carry JNC660 packs with a blizzard and white out conditions. I kept a fully charged pack in the tow truck and one in the service truck. I jump started 25 vehicles in that storm and they never let me down and

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ES1224 – Keeping Vehicles of All Sizes Moving

“When the power inverter in my Kenworth W900 runs the battery dead, I use my ES1224 jump box to power up the battery so that I can continue to work. My ES1224 has also helped me to jump my girlfriend’s 2014 Chevy Cruze. When the car went into limp mode,

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RESOURCES

Subaru Mystery Takes an Unexpected Turn

Here’s a great reminder of how systems are interdependent in today’s complex vehicle command and control systems. In this post, Oscar from New York reviews how he dealt with a Subaru Legacy that was showing that O2, Catalyst and EGR monitors weren’t ready. Yet, he was getting no DTCs. As

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No-Start Case Study – Motor Age Wrench Tales

Here’s a really nice video case study from Sadel Martinez and Brandon Steckler on the Motor Age YouTube channel, discussing how they resolved a no-start condition on a 2020 BMW X5. When the X5 was towed in, Sadel encountered codes and conditions that were new to him. This presented a

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AGM Batteries – Helpful Service Bulletin

AGM batteries continue to grow in terms of OE usage in new vehicle starting systems, driven largely by the increasing prevalence of Start-Stop Systems in today’s North American carpark. For many reasons, AGM and Start-Stop AGM batteries are best tailored to meet the specific needs of these systems, with their

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