.458 Win Mag vs Die Hard battery

[awp101]

Found this on a Chevy Colorado forum I haunt. It was posted since the truck is a Colorado:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7bOF94Iq70&feature=player_embedded

[old Grump]

OOOOkay, now let me try that with their battery and my 10 gauge.

[deth502]

i call bullshit on that one

[Gunreference1]

I'd be curious to know how many Diehard batteries were shot to get the results they wanted?

Steve

[awp101]

True and I bet they weren't "full house I gotta stop that elephant RFN! loads either...

[HDR]

I'd be curious to know how many Diehard batteries were shot to get the results they wanted?

Steve

Someone always asks that question. :lool:

[slamfire51]

Did anyone see any acid? It looked like it's a dry cell battery.

I have tried to jump a vehicle that way (no battery in vehicle) and it never worked for me.

[Prometheus168]

Damn... where is the public outcry over the acid spilled in that pristine desert......

Rusty

[raxar]

be interesting to see what happened if you shot it from the side rather than the front....

[slamfire51]

Apparently all the connections from cell to cell are located in the top of the battery. Maybe the reason for shooting the bottom.
I still didn't see any liquid (acid) coming from the battery.

[Moebrown20]

I think we need to pass this vid to mythbusters and see what happens then.

http://community.discovery.com/eve/forums/a/cfrm/f/2991937776

[slamfire51]

I think we need to pass this vid to mythbusters and see what happens then.

http://community.discovery.com/eve/forums/a/cfrm/f/2991937776

:thumbspbig:

I'm tired of watching the reruns. Something new is needed.

[old Grump]

:thumbspbig:

I'm tired of watching the reruns. Something new is needed.

Yeah, you need me shooting that battery with my 10 gauge. I won't even use a slug, #3 shot should do just fine.


Product Description

The P-1 Platinum Automotive Battery from DieHard features 135 minutes of reserve capacity and 880 cold cranking amps. Its corrosion-resistant high quality tin-coated brass terminals provide reliable starting power in all weather conditions. Its rugged, military-grade construction features robust casing for increased compression and offers superior vibration resistance, making it ideal for off-road applications.

* Longer off-season storage time - show cars & classic cars
* Ideal for luxury vehicles with multiple electronic accessories
* Plates made of 99.99% pure virgin lead
* High purity grade acid held safely in place by glass mats; non-spillable design
* Absorbed Glass Mat construction provides mounting flexibility & guarantees longer service life
* 4-Year Free Replacement; 100-Month Prorated Limited Warranty

Sears did their homework when they searched for a battery manufacturer to work with them on their new Diehard Platinum battery line. They obviously were searching for the next generation of ultimate Diehard power. Enersys the worlds largest industrial battery manufacturer was capable of exactly that. Enersys and Sears worked together to bring the next generation of Diehard power to another level. The new Diehard batteries would turn out to be AGM(Absorption Glass Mat) composition. These new AGM batteries made up of a composition of lead paste absorbed into fiberglass matting. This new design did away with free acid inside the battery. The new Diehard could be punctured, and still not leak any acid. The new design was also very resilient to extreme vibration. Cold and hot temperatures were also not much of a issue with this new bullet proof design. Sears accomplished exactly what they had set out to do.

Priced like platinum too but if it's really this good who knows, I might have to bite the bullet so to speak if I can save enough dimes for when I need to buy another battery.

[abpt1]

I would call it a mutlicelled capacitor not really anything like A regular car battery...


kinda like this
A gel battery design is typically a modification of the standard lead-acid automotive or marine battery. A gelling agent is added to the electrolyte to reduce movement inside the battery case. Many gel batteries also use one way valves in place of open vents, which helps the normal internal gasses to recombine back into water in the battery, reducing gassing.
An OPTIMA battery is not a "gel" battery or regular flooded acid battery. An OPTIMA is a Spiralcell AGM battery.

http://www.optimabatteries.com/product_support/faqs.php#productInformation

[vit]

I call it bull shit! There is a Chevy Colorado forum?
:eyebrows:
Love your avatar...

[HDR]

I'd be curious to know how many Diehard batteries were shot to get the results they wanted?

Steve

Probably not many after they learned not to shoot the top of it.

http://images.nearbynow.com/productimages/sears/7d/003c427d_360x360.jpg

A battery has cells which are wired together, shoot the top and break the inter cell connections.

[awp101]

I call it bull shit! There is a Chevy Colorado forum?
:eyebrows:
Love your avatar...

Why yes, yes there is:
http://www.355nation.net/forum/

There's another but it's got very little traffic and the url escapes me offhand.

[Gunreference1]

Just in case you were wondering who actually makes the DieHard Platinum Battery.

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=180086&p=irol-newsArticle_print&ID=968004&highlight

Steve