Thread: Battery life

Originally Posted by Fluids

I've always subscribed to the school of charge up your car battery every 4-6 weeks or so ... if I'm doing anything on the car, I usually put the charger on.

I usually get 5-6+ years on my batteries.

I've got an andersen connector hanging out beside the headlight on mine. When not in use I (usually) plug it into a CTEK charger as it isn't a daily driver.
The easier you make it to do the more likely you are to do it.

I've got about 18-24 months out of my supercharge batteries so far. I expect them to last a few more years yet.
Previous ones I got 5 years out of going by the stamp but they were in the car when I bought it.

Putting your perfectly good battery onto a charger is not as silly as it sounds.

At the expensive end of the Marine electrical world are alternators that don't simply pump out amps, they measure, charge in stages, condition, massage and say Nice Things to the batteries they're connected to.

AFAIK, there's nothing in the automotive area that does this, but then again, its all about spending as little money as possible...

Easiest way round this is something like a C-Tek automatic charger. Does more than merely maintain a set voltage...

I generally get 4 to 5 years out of a battery, regardless of its price/use/size. The Mazda 626 is on its 3rd battery (last month) since 1990.

I have optima blue top currently 7yrs old still going strong

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I get about 5 years on my Defender which isn't used that often. The battery then gets passed to a Series vehicle for maybe another 2 years. I tend to get a reasonable quality calcium battery.
If I remember I will charge every month or so when the car isn't in regular use.

The 'company' car is a Ford Territory. I get about 2-3years out of a battery on this but the car is started 10-15 times every workday.


Colin

Originally Posted by XHPBT1

I have optima blue top currently 7yrs old still going strong

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That's good to hear. I just installed 2x Optima Yellow tops in the D2.