The 5-Step Playbook for a Successful Winter of Driving
We spend a fair amount of time obsessing about the weather here at Clore and within the pages of this blog. There’s good reason for that. Weather can have an enormous impact on battery performance and useful life. Summer heat can be very damaging to batteries, depending on how high it gets and for how long. Just ask anyone who lives in Phoenix or Las Vegas how long they expect their vehicle battery to last and contrast their answer with that of someone living in Northern Michigan. Similarly, winter cold exposes battery weakness – a problem battery is really going to reveal itself if you are in the midst of a serious cold stretch in upstate New York.
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Product Spotlight

HT1224AGM - 12/24V HD Jump Starter

This thing is truly awesome. 12/24V operation… two Group 31 AGM batteries… 1400 CCA in 12V mode… 10’ 1/0-gauge welding cable leads… 10’ pneumatic wheels that allow it to travel easily over virtually any surface … automatic charging system with a separate charging channel for each battery. That’s the HT1224AGM.

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A Garage Full of Clore Products

“My JNC660 is almost 10 yrs old – hasn’t let me down. Can’t believe an AGM battery has lasted this long. My JNC325 is a new purchase 2024 and replaces a NOCO top model that suffered lithium cell swelling. My Clore BA6 digital battery tester has worked flawlessly for years

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JNC770 Starts It All on the Farm

JNC770R 12V Jump Starter • 1700 Peak Amps • 425 Cranking Amps • 68″ #2 AWG cable leads • PowerJaw clamps • Master ON/OFF switch • Dual USB outlets  • 12VDC outlet  • Repair Service Coupon • 1 year limited warranty “I live on a farm in Northern Ohio and

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JNC770 Answers the Call in Tough Tow Environment

JNC770R 12V Jump Starter 1700 Peak Amps 425 Cranking Amps 68″ #2 AWG cable leads PowerJaw clamps Master ON/OFF switch Dual USB outlets  Repair Service Coupon 1 year limited warranty “Been in the market for a new jump box. Tired of the junk that is out there. Reached out to

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RESOURCES

Key Programming Issues – Maybe It’s Not the Key

So, you go to reprogram a key and it doesn’t work. Try again and get the same result. Now, you’re wondering, “What’s going on here?” Well, this post by Travis in Wisconsin offers one additional thing to watch out for during this service. In this great piece, he lays out

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Brick-Free Legacy GM PCM Reprogramming

Bricking modules seems to be as much a topic in 2025 as it was in 2015. The reality seems to us to be that, if you are doing programming, you eventually are going to brick a module. But, there are steps that can be taken to reduce the likelihood of

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Diagnosing a Problem Transit Charging System

Another Ford-related resource this month, in this case pertaining to the Transit and a problem charging system. Since this is a fairly high volume vehicle, we’d though we’d throw the spotlight on this recent post on VehicleServicePros.com. In it, they break down a diagnosis of a Transit experiencing unusually high

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