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I think I have it figured out. I think there is a new Magna ETX20L that has 310 CCA. The $89 batteries have 270 CCA with the same stock #. The one I received has 310 on the battery plus I got it for 89 minus the coupon. Do a google search for Magna ETX20L & they are listed at 270 CCA. Very confusing but I think we got lucky with a newer Extreme ETX20L at 310CCA for the old price.

Check this one, it's the old 270cca http://www.batterywarehouseco.com/ca...oducts_id=1853

I got the MagnaPower EXTREME ETX20L from Advance.


EDIT: My box has EXTREME on it. It is a new battery and probably sells for 109.00. Advance Auto probably doesn't realize it yet. If anyone needs a battery order it online with the coupon & pick it up at the store. Make sure it says extreme on the box & 310cca on the battery. Great deal while it last..65 out the door, 59 with core. If it's the old 270cca cancel the order.

89 at time of posting & listed at 310cca. http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_12-Volt-Sealed-AGM-Premium-Batteries-for-Power-Sports-Applications-MagnaPower_16940007-P_40_A|GRP60054____


Here is the one I got but it's the ETX30L. My ETX20L has this label...

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_12-Volt-Sealed-AGM-Premium-Batteries-for-Power-Sports-Applications-MagnaPower_16940019-P_40_A|GRP60054_____


BTW, it's a perfect match for stock. It's already in the Heritage.

 

Yea if you read the customer Q&A on the ETX20L on Advance Auto site someone asked
And the answer was
The Magna Power Extreme ETX20L I bought from them the other day is 310cca just like yours.

 

I saw that too. I think we got lucky

 

Received the 'Extreme Magna Power' ETX30L this morning and put it on the charger even though it says, 'Ready to Install!' It's still charging but will be on the bike as soon as the tender light stays green. Thanks again for the heads-up. Saved about 50%.

So I used some of the 'saved' money and paid for a membership to help support the forum.

 

Update, just put the new one in and it spins over just like new again, i guess the moral of the story is have the battery tested properly, i was told by two place's that the old one was good to go, WRONG!!!

 

I took my original 06 HD battery that I thought was getting a little weak to Advance Auto for a load test. They told me it was fine & had 385 cca'ss. Its
a 6 year old Softail battery that I think is rated at 270 cca. I asked if he put a load on it & he said I don't know how to use this tester. OK, see ya!

 

I must have talked to the same dude LOL

 

http://www.batterymart.com/p--Big-Cr...eader-ETX__30L
97.00 free shipping 400CCA fast delivery, installed mine today. thanks for the heads up guys

 

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I am debating buying a new battery myself. Last weekend, after a few weeks in my unheated garage and with my tender being disconnected (gotta love it when your brother thinks he's helping!), I went to start the bike and had less than nothing- zero charge, not even starter engagement, which of course then triggered the alarm system and basically drove me nuts. The worst part was that nothing would silence the damn siren; I'd replaced the batteries in the fob when this happened in October, and yet having BOTH fobs there wouldn't shut it off. Anyway, after putting my analog meter on the battery, I was getting about 10 volts. I put a regular car-charger on the battery and it finally got to about 12 volts, put it back in the bike, and fired it up (took a couple tries- first attempt I got the starter chatter then nothing). I had the bike running for about half an hour (pulled out into the alley to get it moving) or so, and the voltmeter read 14 volts the whole time. Once I finished, I reconnected the tender, and didn't have any issue today when I was getting ready to get the recall work done. This was the second time (and I picked up the bike last March) that this same "deader than dead" battery situation occurred. Both times the bike was not on a battery tender and I had a Sony DSX-S200X with the XM add-on module in the bike.

I had it on the tender for about a week until today, when I brought the bike up to the dealer for the brake switch recall. I also had them test the battery/charging system, and the tech told me I had 12.5 volts on the battery and the charging system was putting out 14.3 volts. They checked all grounds they could find and everything was good to go.

The only changes that I'd made electrically was adding the HD Smart Siren and swapping in the Sony deck/XM add-on combo...I swapped the HK back in hoping that something with the Sony was causing too high a parasitic draw (the guys at Biketronics mentioned that the XM add-on module has a draw to maintain a fix on satellites).

So in a roundabout way, should I believe the dealer that the battery is fine? And does it sound reasonable that the Sony/XM combo caused that strong a parasitic draw that it killed the battery in about a month?