Thread: batteries

I fitted an N70 alongside the original battery ie running north/south (the same way as original) Nice snug fit too!

If you search through Projects and Tutorials, you'll find a number of photos of various installations.

Originally Posted by numpty

I fitted an N70 alongside the original battery ie running north/south (the same way as original) Nice snug fit too!

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Same.

2 x PC1700 Odyssey batteries sideways. 875 CCA. Easy fit. Cheers, Bundalene.

Originally Posted by p38arover

N70 I think.

See pix of mine here: Index of /rover/county

.... and I suppose the last photo in that series is a shot of the mechanic who helped you fit the batteries.

Originally Posted by vnx205

.... and I suppose the last photo in that series is a shot of the mechanic who helped you fit the batteries.

She certainly gives me a bit of a charge!

Originally Posted by p38arover

What is different between your '85 County and my old '84 County battery compartments?

Your battery box looks like it has already had the floor modified (by the PO if it wasn't you?).

Have a look at this pic:


You can just see the remnant of the old floor at the ?front?. That is what my battery box looks like. There is a low/recessed section in the floor just wide enough for 1xN70, aligned N-S.

Lou - yes, I mean another N70, but you can see from the profile in the pic above that the floor of the battery box is sloping (apart from the N-70 width recess). So fitting anything else without a new floor isn't really possible.

But like I said, a fairly easy mod.

EDIT - Rangieman's post makes it sound like the defenders might have switched to a completely flat floor. But my 1987 county is as I described above.

I am using an N70ZZ which claims to be a combined cranking and deep cycle battery. It is 100Ahour, and about 600cca. This will be fine for a petrol, but I don't know if I would use it as a cranking battery for a diesel. I use mine for my second / deep cycle battery, and occasionally to boost the cranking battery in the cold. It is marketer as Commander, being a part of Century. It is a sealed wet acid.
Aaron.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Your battery box looks like it has already had the floor modified (by the PO if it wasn't you?).

Have a look at this pic:


You can just see the remnant of the old floor at the ?front?. That is what my battery box looks like. There is a low/recessed section in the floor just wide enough for 1xN70, aligned N-S.

Lou - yes, I mean another N70, but you can see from the profile in the pic above that the floor of the battery box is sloping (apart from the N-70 width recess).

So fitting anything else without a new floor isn't really possible.

But like I said, a fairly easy mod.

EDIT - Rangieman's post makes it sound like the defenders might have switched to a completely flat floor. But my 1987 county is as I described above.

i'm getting confised unless we have different battery boxes because we have 2 optimas in our defender and battery box is unmodified
same in our new defender....but we have the battery that came in the defender with an optima as a second.

in saying that though optimas are small batteries......but you said fitting anything!!