Authorized Franchise Dealer / Snap-on Tools

Nathan Brown

I have been a Snap-on Tools dealer for about 16 years. The tool trucks you see on the street are basically a retail store on wheels. The interior lighting, computer, printers and other accessories are powered by 12-volt deep cycle batteries or by 6-volt deep cycle batteries connected in series . These batteries see heavy use 12 hours a day, five days a week.

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I first learned of your product in April of 2000. I purchased a new tool truck that year which had Thermoil batteries installed for the deep cycle functions. The truck was delivered with only 2 6-volt batteries installed. Most trucks operate with 4 6-volt batteries connected in series and parallel. I installed 2 additional 6-volt batteries in my truck about 4 months later to increase my reserve power. I had not yet seen the benefit of the Thermoil battery, so I purchased Interstate batteries from a local shop. I now had the Thermoil and the Interstate batteries sitting side by side in my battery box.

A Little Liquid Refreshment for your Deep Cycle Battery

Mike Luce
Outdoor Writer and
Fishing Guide from Woodruff, Wisconsin

This question is for boat owners who fish a lot: How long does your trolling motor’s deep-cycle battery last? Yeah, mine too. Disgusting, isn’t it, considering how much those suckers cost? How would you like to buy your next battery a little refreshment, sort of a shot and a beer to cheer up a hard worker who’s in for a long tough summer? Over the past four years I’ve become a life-long believer in a little pick-me-up for my batteries that’s very affordable, very effective, and can double or even triple your battery’s average life span.

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I fish a lot. Low-balling my estimate, I’d say I’m on the water 120 days a year. Every time I get home from a fishing trip I hook up the charger and recharge the trolling motor battery. Deep-cycle batteries are intended to handle repeated charge and discharge cycles but that’s a lot of charging nonetheless (especially when you consider I come home tired and am not exactly diligent about checking my battery fluid levels each time). A summer has never passed when I haven’t ignored water levels until the plates were eventually exposed. Whatever percentage of plates was exposed, the battery subsequently lost that percentage of recharge ability.

Then four years ago I happened across a press release about Thermoil batteries, found my interest piqued by what I read, called Terry Fellner, the president of the company, and asked about a zillion questions before I bought one of his batteries. This past November I completed an Unprecedented fourth season with that same battery. The battery I bought from Fellner is a high-quality, heavy-duty marine deep-cycle battery with extra thick plates; one of the batteries Thermoil used to sell before they opted to sell the patented high tech oil itself instead of trying to develop a nationwide network of battery distributors. I’m not sure how many cycles my battery is rated for but it has already been through 300 or more and I fully expect to get at least one more year out of it. If that happens I’ll have used the same trolling motor battery five times longer than any battery I’ve ever used.

Don’t take my word for any of this, be skeptical. Go to the following website: www.thermoilbatteries.com and read anything and everything but especially the Frequently Asked Questions section. For instance, don’t expect to rejuvenate a used battery that already has corroded plates. Realize that you can’t extend a battery’s life indefinitely. Learn why Thermoil now sells the oil instead of batteries, etc. Your new battery will thank you. I strongly urge any boat owner who piles up the frequent-fisherman miles and plans to buy a battery this spring to invest a little pocket change in a bottle of Thermoil. Thermoil currently sells for $12.95 per bottle, which is enough to buy you next trolling motor battery a shot and a beer before it spits on its hands and digs in to work.

February 2002 Midwest Outdoors “Helping People Enjoy the Outdoors” Page 7

 

Eliminating a battery explosion hazard

Jack V. Jolley
General Director Rebuild Operations
Union Pacific Railroad Company

The Union Pacific Railroad Backshop operation at North Little Rock, Arkansas is the railroad's major accident damage repair facility.

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The Boiler/Blacksmith Shop repairs over 200 locomotives a year and this area recently had a safety concern with lead acid batteries discharging hydrogen gas while in use on their "Lift-A-Loft" brand elevating work platforms. While one of their mobile platforms was in use recently the sparks and slag from cutting, grinding, and welding operations caused a battery to explode. Although know one was injured, the potential was certainly there for a serious incident. Our employees and safety captains had a concern that it could happen again.

Larry S. Smith
http://www.walleyeguide.com

I have been guiding and fishing tournaments now for the past 10 years. The tournaments that I have fished include the MWC, Cabela’s, and the PWT. When I first talked with Thermoil Inc.® about batteries three years ago, I was very speculative. Well, I just wanted you to know that everything that they said turned out to be true and then some.

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I fish for a living so I am basically on the water every day of the year. When I am not guiding, I am fishing tournaments. Most of my fishing involved running my trolling motor for hours on end. I would have to replace batteries every year, sometimes twice a year. This will be my 3rd year now on the same set of Thermoil Batteries. There is no corrosion and I only had to add water once so far. These batteries are still working flawlessly and keep me going all day.