My 115 has been in about 16 months by my reckoning.
It got low once from leaving basically everything on for hours with the car off.
Not had any other issue.
Starts up quick smart.
Or at least it did before I pulled it apart :angel:
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My 115 has been in about 16 months by my reckoning.
It got low once from leaving basically everything on for hours with the car off.
Not had any other issue.
Starts up quick smart.
Or at least it did before I pulled it apart :angel:
Quote:
Originally Posted by northiam
Your journey lengths are killing it....Even a quality battery needs a good charge...
Some time on a charger once a month would see you right.
You can not do short runs and expect it to top back up in time...
A starter pulls up around 200amp to start the vehicle..
The average Lead-Acid battery charges at somewhere around 10-20ah
So you start at 100ah and wipe say 5a off which requires 15-20 min to replace..(driving not idling).
Then you repeat this to come home... etc
Eventually that poor battery is getting nothing but surface charges on each run...
I measured 14.3 volts at 2000 engine rpm 14.1v at idleQuote:
Originally Posted by onebob
parasitic load was 360mA but reduced to 30mA after about 1 hour
My new battery will be AC Delco S31-901MF
ACDelco | Quality Automotive Products | Part Finder
or
http://www.rjbatt.com.au/wp-content/...or-31-1000.pdf
Get the cheapest of them - unless you change maintenance routine it will last about the same..
For the record the Cat battery I purchased for the D2 in 2006 is still going strong as a work bench power source after removing it from the D2 in 2010
The original Varta in our Defender lasted 9 years, but any battery hates short trips and needs regular runs of at least maybe an hour to stay healthy.
Sent from my A1601 using AULRO mobile app
The above batteries have indicator lights for condition enabling easy checks.
I know it only indicates one cell but it should help guage whats going on there.
The handle will be helpful too!
The heated electric seats wouldnt help in winter either with those short trips :o
The Delco 900cca will cost $215 inc
The posts are centred which was the same as battery prior to the Cat (without 9 lives). Pretty sure the original battery were centre posts?
Thanks to all.
Just FYI - Magic Eye charge indicators work on this...
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/12/354.jpg
Somewhere around 12.25v (65%) is still green [emoji6]
And a basic chart of cycle times
Note the closer to 50% SOC The life shortens to the equivalent of about 2 starts a day for 3 years [emoji41]
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/12/355.jpg
I just joined to add info to this thread since this site helped a lot when I was looking. I bought the p/n175-4370 plus posts for my D2 because the deep cycle tolerance might suit my usage. My poor old beast sometimes gets left for a few weeks. Also it has air springs, they used to not leak at all but recently I think the compressor has been working harder when it's parked. Anyway, battery fits ok but the lack of handles makes it a finger pincher - someone else said the battery box lid won't lock with the screw terminals but no lid on mine. Anyway, the lack of handles is enough that had I been able to see the battery first I probably would have leant towards the other choices I guess. Still, not the end of the world. Cheers for the help from all your posts several years ago :) oh, last battery was some huge, used AC Delco junker I picked up for $80 off a mate. I think it lasted at least 4 years... Cheap motoring!