Uprating Car Battery

[ford34/2]

Just been checking- amazingly its just over a Year since we bought ours, Been no problems Varta Silver:



Part Number Quantity Description
E44 2 Varta Silver Car Battery £57.92 £115.84
Sub Total £115.84
Delivery £0.00
VAT £23.17
Total £139.01

Status: : 15/12/2014

Hope you have the same excellent service.

Stan

 

[steviec_lj]

Got one coming off mine if you're interested? Any other bits you need? Mine is about to be run over with a tank..

 

[Bullet2012]

Fantastic Stan, not that there was any doubt but you defo are the man

Ordered one of these for £46 delivered tomorrow: http://www.batterymegastore.co.uk/product/D59/

+1, Always had great service from Battery Megastore.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

If you want a laugh, go to halfords and tell the oil behind the desk you want a higher cca than quoted for your vehicle, and watch him have a miniature meltdown whilst trying to argue that it will result in the apocalypse

 

[eSCHEn]

Got

Got one coming off mine if you're interested? Any other bits you need? Mine is about to be run over with a tank..

I said that to SWMBO and she just shouted "turbo!" - that girl loves fast motors lol.

I'm okay for now Steve but thanks mate, that's very generous

 

[Kayos]

I used Halfrauds for mine, but only because with trade it was the cheapest by a long way, 2 year warranty so can't complain

 

[chevy2]

I'm no electrician but a 55 amp Optima has 750 cold cranking amps (cca) compared to this Varta battery which was one that came up on a quick random search for a comparison,
the Varta is rated higher at 72 amps but with only 680 amps (cca)
i'd say the Optima on spec would be a decent unit,
i personally know several mates that have run Optimas on 7 litre plus high compression engines that never fail to spin over even the middle of winter,

 

[Ton-up]

My 2000 Passat tdi Sport that I sold last year had the original battery too! As said, a battery, like an engine, hates short journeys - no time to fully charge. I know that factory fitted batteries are completely different to shop/garage supplied units of the same make.
I always get a nearly new battery from a scrapyard rather than buy one in a motor factors.

 

[PhillipM]

Depends on the ratings, it's listed as 690 elsewhere - not all CCA figures are measured the same way, but if you go to somewhere like varta that do both versions of the battery you'll see the normal batteries have more CCA than the deep cycles for the same size.

Personally I'm not impressed by the optima's, had two redtops fail in the racers right at the wrong time a few years back, never found them any better than any other decent lead acid tbh. Certainly not when for the money they want these days you can go lithium.

 

[chevy2]

Depends on the ratings, it's listed as 690 elsewhere - not all CCA figures are measured the same way, but if you go to somewhere like varta that do both versions of the battery you'll see the normal batteries have more CCA than the deep cycles for the same size.

Personally I'm not impressed by the optima's, had two redtops fail in the racers right at the wrong time a few years back, never found them any better than any other decent lead acid tbh. Certainly not when for the money they want these days you can go lithium.

Having two fail i cant blame your reluctance to still use an Optima,
never used a Lithium battery so i've no idea how good they are

 

[PhillipM]

As with all batteries depends who's you buy!

But, apart from the cost (they're coming down, but you're still at Optima prices even for a small lithium), you get much lighter weight, smaller size, fast charging, good CCA, a much better voltage under load (cranking/low charge starts, etc), but at the expense of outright capacity, although the better voltage characteristics compensate for that a bit.
Also the self drain is a lot lower - so they're great for race and show cars because you can leave them for months and still fire up when you turn the key.
Charging is a bit more tricky as the cells ideally need to be balanced but the better batteries handling that themselves with a built in controller.

 

[steviec_lj]

your Pajero has the winter pack for cold climate should have a heated fuel filter as well as twin relays for the glow plugs the glow plugs stay on half power for a fair time cant remember exact time, should be a oblong sticker on the right hand side of rear door half way up
pajeros only have one battery normally if not winter pack

No..they have two as standard.

That is of course unless every one I've looked at, around 25, have the winter pack, which is highly unlikely..

 

[steviec_lj]

I said that to SWMBO and she just shouted "turbo!" - that girl loves fast motors lol.

I'm okay for now Steve but thanks mate, that's very generous

Engine swap?!?

 

[eSCHEn]

Engine swap?!?

You're lucky She can't read that.

Sorry.

I'm lucky She can't read that.

 

[steviec_lj]

Haha, you'd love it!!

On a side note, I've got a large box (oo-err) of spares. Three piece clutch, driveshaft, and a pair of front wings off the top of my head that you're welcome to if they're of any use?

 

[barracuda816]

I agree, optima batteries are good but imho not better than odyssey or even the bosch silver tops.

Without a doubt the daddy of (non traction) batteries ;

http://www.batterymegastore.co.uk/product/PC2250/

they weigh a flippin ton but would start a tank (they actually are civilian version of a tank battery, the hawker armasafe battery, same company same battery, different colours)

 

[brewdexta]

Just replaced the battery on the disco, it was the original and 12 years old so not bad

I used Tayna batteries, I've used them before, always fast delivery, best price and excellent tools for finding the right battery

 

[dannyp]

lion batterys, not got on over well with them they do what they say just and they last ust long enough for you to loose the recipt.

numax, meh they'll do quite a bit of real world kick in them for a cheep battery tho they don't last much.

whatever the vw's have in them as std. my 04 plate passat is still on it's original battery atltho it's dyeing, my now sold v plate a4 quattro was still on it's original. and theres a 2005 mk5 golf outside still on it's original battery so there is somethgin right there.

 

[chevy2]

Batteries on modern cars have a hard time due to all the voltage drains they suffer from when not running,
not uncommon for modern cars that sit unstarted for a month or two to have a flat battery,
thats probably the reason a lot of new vehicles have a "shunt fuse" that stops power going to radio codes, time clocks, immobilisers etc and is then fitted by the dealer before a sale,
they'd have a whole heap of vehicles in storage compounds with flat batteries if not.

 

[Robotstar5]

I can't recommend any of the 'smart' chargers for 'maintenance' - they're quite popular amongst bike users and every single person I know that uses on has to replace the battery every 2 years because of lost capacity... Meanwhile, mine all last far longer and the only charger I have is an old straight rectified transformer that only gets used if I leave the battery long enough to go flat...

Good job you don't know me then I've been using Optimate maintenance chargers on bikes for many years and never had a battery fail, 8 years is the longest I can vouch for before selling the bike (with original battery)