Originally Posted by
edddo
My current start battery is an N50 size supercharge allrounder 650 cca
N70 wont fit due to air con plumbling but an N55 probably would as not much difference in size to N50 based on dr google. It wont last its 3rd winter.....that is pretty ordinary....isnt it? Hard to find any with better than 650cca in that size.
My 200tdi Deefer's N70ZZ vented (? 720CCA) gave brilliant service for about 5 years, and still going strong when she left me for another man. Icy Tamworth winters, started first crank with no warm up.
Bear with me, you'll understand where this is going in a moment Mr/Ms Edddo ...
Current 98 D1 300tdi with a standard (?NS70) (edit) vented (? about 600 odd AH, only lasted 3 years) always took ages even with lots of plug warming in winter, lovely 42* summer days, whispered sweet nothings or even the odd harsh word, and always cranked slowly and unhappily. Thought it was the plugs and compression etc and just crossed my fingers and waited for the PM to raise a bit more revenue. Had an N70 size vented deep cycle over the other side (moved the power steering reservoir a bit) to run the champagne cooler, tent video security system, and charger for the direct line MI5 prepaid mobile.
Despite the dual setup, the main one never had enough power for the throne warmer, cappuccino machine, corgi shampooer, or Liz's robotic arm waver. Also got a bit jaded with the acid washing all over the joint every time I did any serious off road work (like that nasty big gutter outside the post office, those scary steep ramps at Woollies, and that car park at work with the really narrow bays etc), so despite the obvious threats to my manhood and tradition itself, I decided to try a sealed jobbie and to hell with my reputation.
So the local air con mob moved the pipes over, and I bunged in an N70ZZHD MF (Maint Free) ...
Well, blow me down with the bow wave of a passing Series 1, the old girl blasts off first crank, spring, summer, autumn, middle of a cold Tamworth winter, no plug warming, no holding your tongue that special way or anything ... the tent's much safer from those Toymota deviants, and MI5's looking at buying one of those new fangled smartphones ... Liz is much happier, and doesn't even get so cranky when I leave the seat up on the throne ...
About 5 days and $600 for about the best A/C mob here to move the air con pipes over a cuppla inches (they're OEM Secret Ingredient Long Length Yttrium [SILLY] alloy with OEM High Performance Unheardof Unmatchable Fitting Sections [PUUFS], sourced under undocumented, outsourced, privatised subcontract from that old WW1 machinery dump in the Antarctic ... which all required a lot of ... flopping about). About $300 for the main battery (N70ZZHD MF) and (?) $400 for an 'Ultimate' 110Ah AGM (the only one I could find with an underhood warranty).
Well worth the Chauffer's time and the scurrilous dip into the public purse ... blow the public protests ... let the rotters eat cake ...
Doctorrr Deee
1998 Disco1 300TDi; aircon & radio !!
1993 Deefer 200TDi; worker, we fell out of love after the 5th gearbox rebuild.
1983 Rangie 3.5 V8; beastieboy, gorn to the big smoke.
1959 SII 88" LtWt exarmy; chickmagnet, floating in the ether.
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