Thread: D2 Battery Century/GS Yuasa CCA600 Vs CCA850

Go with the 1000CCA 'cos you'll have more reserve capacity for those hard starts on frosty mornings . My battery died in August 2012 and it was a RACV / RACQ etc jobby of unknown age (it came with the LR and i'd already had it for more than 2 years) and it was a 1000CCA however although way over spec i replaced it with one of the same capacity - a different brand though but for no other reason than it was a convenient purchase. It is a CATERPILLAR P/N 115-2422 which is 1000CCA. It's a premium jobbie with Calcium Grid and under $250 with 1 year replacement warranty followed by 6 years ProRata. Available through your local CATERPILLAR dealer.

onebob (also in fabulous Frankston)

Thanks for the reply there :-D ...

Well, I have had the battery on charge for close to the last 48 hours and today before she got the royal treatment proceeded to start it.... it barely started but cranked over, this happened 1st start to move it further up the carport and again before taking it for a drive after the royal treatment (3 hrs later!!)....

Is 48 hours enough to be charging the 600CCA battery I have or is it something more sinister like the alternator/starter motor perhaps on its way out?

(battery charger isn't an issue as it charges my husbands FJ40, which has a worked chev 400 Small block which needs a huge crank just to turn the damn thing over!)

Dare I ask, but is there an easy way to differentiate a problem between the battery or starter motor at all?

Any thoughts...

Thanks,
Lp

Pull the battery from the fj40 and chuck it in lp and see if it starts easier. If using a known good battery is still difficult to start, probably not the battery .

If swapping them over is troublesome, I'd hook some jump leads between the two, so it's got some extra power available, same story, if it's the battery it should kick over easier.

To me it sounds more like a failing battery. Even if it is the starter motor or something else, the battery may soon be toast anyway due to a period of so much extra being asked of it.

Thx Seano87 for the reply,
I asked hubby if he wanted to take his battery out xmas eve... too much faffing around for him and then I thought better of it... not being sure what would happen to anything computerised!!

I've got it on charge again for another 24 hrs and will see how that goes. It seemed to have started with a little more oomph after I took it for a drive once it was washed ... and it started better again driving it under the carport for the night.

My short trips consist of between 20 and 25k's x 5 days a week and 1/2 of that again on the weekends (even less during holidays!) so probably just isn't getting enough charge when the AC/fan has been running on those stinking hot days?

Starter motors seem to be around the same price as a battery, i'd rather do one than have to do both so fingers crossed it's the battery :-D

Cheers,
Lp

Those short trips will not be helping if the battery is that age. As batteries get older they lose the ability to hold charge. which is what is happening to yours. Depending on the size of your battery charger 48 hrs would be more than enough to bring it back up, At 5 yrs old I would be replacing it because there is nothing more frustrating than a dead battery! Cannot even listen to the stereo waiting for the repair man! while it is parked for any length of time put a trickle charger on it to keep the bat topped up. Normal batteries do not like to go flat unlike deepcycles which actually have cycle flat occasionally or they sulphate up.

Cheers Scott

Another vote for the CAT battery here. I picked one up a few months back and all my electrical issues seemed to have ceased for the moment.

Now all I need to sort our is the Key barrel.

last two batteries in different cars have been RACV, no problems.

go the 1000 cca the reserve capacity comes into play when it gets a bit older.

i would call these guys and see what price they can do you a p/n: 153-5656Caterpillar
47-51 Westpool Drive, Hallam VIC 3803
(03) 9703 4000

http://australia.cat.com/cda/files/3...ger%20Cars.pdf