12-19-2011 Holiday- The holiday season is here. Be sure you have batteries for all your toys. Snowmobiles, ATV, Motorcycle, Golf Cart, etc all need their batteries maintained. If you are not using a battery maintainer, get one. The batteries need to be maintained, either before you go out, or during the winter when you are not using these toys. Remember, it you take care of the batteries, they will last twice as long than batteries that are abused and forgotten. Happy holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah or Season's Greeting; we wish you well in this holiday season. 11-24-2011 Thanksgiving- Here are Dixie Battery we are truly grateful for the wonderful community that we serve. The customer loyalty and kindness of those we deal with are amazing. We are grateful for our supplier that help us out and for our location. Did you know we have been in the same location for the past 26 years? That kind of stability let you know we'll be here to answer you questions, test your charging system and change your batteries for year to come. Thanks and we hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. 11-09-2011 6-volt or 12-volt?- Lot of people come in and say, "I hear two 6-volt batteries are better than two 12-volt batteries, WHY?" The easiest way to explain this is to look at the batteries as a gas tank on your car. The bigger the tank the longer you can drive between fillups. What the batteries are storing is electical potential. A 6-volt "golf cart" battery has 235 Ahr versus the group 24 "Marine/RV" battery has 60 Ahr or 84 Ahr (depending on the model). In both scenarios you need two batteries. For the six volts, you hook them up in series and this creates a 12-volt system. The lights, heater, charger, etc all "see" 12-volts. The amperage remains the same at 235 Ahr. The 12-volt batteries are hooked together in parallel, meaning the voltage stays at 12-volts, but the amperage doubles to 120 to 168 depending on the batteries. The short answer is the two golf cart batteries have bigger "tanks" they can last longer. The golf cart battery was designed to do far more than the standard Marine/RV battery so it performs very well in that application.
10-17-2011 Hunting Season - It is hunting season. Hunters are checking their gear, cleaning their guns and making sure everything is ready for a successful hunt. Be sure to check the batteries before you head out. The furnace draws a lot of power so you'll want to make sure they are fully charged before you head up to higher elevation. We recommend you plug in your trailer to hook a battery charger for 24-48 hours before you head out. If you are running 2 "Golf" batteries then you defiantly need the 48 hour charge. Remember, the larger the capacity of the system, the loner it will take to fully charge the batteries. We'll go over that on a later blog.
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