Looks like a larger number of people are reporting replacing their 12V battery lately (or at least writing about it) and I'm about to be one of them. What I'm hoping someone with more knowledge about batteries can tell me is if getting a battery with too high a Cold Cranking Amps rating can harm the car? This comes from having 2 technicians tell me not to get a battery with a high CCA rating. One from Honda said not to get a battery that has more than the original (279CCA), a non-Honda tech told me to try and keep it to 400-500CCA or less.
The Optima Yellow-Tops have 750CCA, and the Red-Tops are 720-800CCA. It looks like the Hawker Odyssey PC680 has 280CCA and the PC545 has 230. I don't know what the Civic batteries are rated at, but wouldn't think they're as low as 279.
I may have just made up my mind writing this post since the Odyssey PC680 has basically the same CCA as the original and is about half the cost and weight of the Optimas. But I would still appreciate opinions about CCA ratings.
The Optima Yellow-Tops have 750CCA, and the Red-Tops are 720-800CCA. It looks like the Hawker Odyssey PC680 has 280CCA and the PC545 has 230. I don't know what the Civic batteries are rated at, but wouldn't think they're as low as 279.
I may have just made up my mind writing this post since the Odyssey PC680 has basically the same CCA as the original and is about half the cost and weight of the Optimas. But I would still appreciate opinions about CCA ratings.