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better than the two months my brother got out of a varta..Just replaced the battery in my Peugeot as it was getting noticeably slower to crank now it’s a bit colder. I think this one did rather well!
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For an AGM battery that's done exceedingly well.Just replaced the battery in my Peugeot as it was getting noticeably slower to crank now it’s a bit colder. I think this one did rather well!
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The battery in my old X Type lasted 11 years and the Halfords one in my GT6 managed 13 but they were just regular lead acid. The 6v lead acid batteries for my Morris only last about 6 or 7 years
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The new one is a Halfords EFB, 5 year warranty which will outlast the car's lifetime left with me.For an AGM battery that's done exceedingly well.
The battery in my old X Type lasted 11 years and the Halfords one in my GT6 managed 13 but they were just regular lead acid. The 6v lead acid batteries for my Morris only last about 6 or 7 years
The stop-start function hasn't worked for a long time now, so though there's been no noticable decline in the battery's cranking performance, I know it hasn't been 100%.
I've never been one of these people who try to keep knackered batteries going, I just don't see the point. Any hint of impending failure and it gets replaced. I see some people with their battery on charge regularly, it's just delaying the inevitable, and some modern cars can throw all sorts of wobblers if the battery is failing.
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Mrs Robo bought a new battery for her Peugeot from Halfords and paid the £10 to have it fitted (I was at work), they looked at it for 5 minutes, couldn't work out how to change it and gave her the £10 back.
It took me less than 10 minutes, and that included getting out & putting away the tools needed.
It took me less than 10 minutes, and that included getting out & putting away the tools needed.
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I had an AGM last eight years, but ten has to be a record.
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I replaced the Varta in my Classic Nissan 2 months ago - it was less than a year old 
I had left the lights on the night before. I've done similar over the years with other cars and most of the batteries have recovered ok after a decent charge.
This one lost one of the cells so max charge on my trusty smart charger was 12.xx volts not the usual 14.xx, I left it on charge overnight hoping it would improve - more cells died so max charge was only 10 volts.
Family work in a new car dealer, they tell me many new batteries won't recover once they discharge past a certain point. "Old tech" batteries seem to have a much better chance of surviving...
I had left the lights on the night before. I've done similar over the years with other cars and most of the batteries have recovered ok after a decent charge.
This one lost one of the cells so max charge on my trusty smart charger was 12.xx volts not the usual 14.xx, I left it on charge overnight hoping it would improve - more cells died so max charge was only 10 volts.
Family work in a new car dealer, they tell me many new batteries won't recover once they discharge past a certain point. "Old tech" batteries seem to have a much better chance of surviving...
AGM are among the longest lasting, I've just had to replace the efb on my van, if I was in one place for more than a couple of hours and opened doors a lot it was 50/50 if it would start, start stop was becoming very infrequent, got 5 yrs out of it.
Some of the newer chargers can recover batteries that normal chargers won't.I replaced the Varta in my Classic Nissan 2 months ago - it was less than a year old
I had left the lights on the night before. I've done similar over the years with other cars and most of the batteries have recovered ok after a decent charge.
This one lost one of the cells so max charge on my trusty smart charger was 12.xx volts not the usual 14.xx, I left it on charge overnight hoping it would improve - more cells died so max charge was only 10 volts.
Family work in a new car dealer, they tell me many new batteries won't recover once they discharge past a certain point. "Old tech" batteries seem to have a much better chance of surviving...
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I've only had three batteries in my bike over 23 years, it's been on an Optimate charger most of that time.
The second pair of batteries in the Surf are getting a bit old now but it never has charged at anything more than 13.8 volts even after an alternator rebuild so maybe that's why
The second pair of batteries in the Surf are getting a bit old now but it never has charged at anything more than 13.8 volts even after an alternator rebuild so maybe that's why
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My charger is a fairly recent Optimate and I rate it very highly.
The latest achievement was recovering a battery that had been left on a modern car for several months and was showing a lot less than 1 volt - it's now one of my stronger batteries.
The only problem is some very low voltages need to have a spell on an old "dumb" charger so voltage rises enough to work on a smart charger.
Reconditioning charger should force voltage to it regardless, oldy worldly chargers are usually crap at low voltages, probably better off linking another battery to it, usually new batteries die from lack of use and deep discharging.
Sometimes they are just dead.....
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I have one of these from 2004, still going strong. It is not as strong as it once was, and has been relegated to jumpstart help and running a portable (kind of, this battery is close to 40kgs) diesel heater. But 21 years is pretty good going. It's the Nicest non Lithium battery I ever had.
