Swaggie
Nothing special about fitting the Varta G14. I'll know in a couple of years if it lasts longer than the original and hopefully quite a few more after that. I think the only reason not to fit a stop/start battery is if a lessor/cheaper one does the job but being a D4, lesser ones don't seem to do the job.
Edit: Mostly this D4 does only short drives so a fast recharge battery seems appropriate.
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Master
SupporterFolks,
will be needing a new battery in my D3 in next couple of weeks. Seems the lates part number is LR033179. I'm in Brisbane area, where is best place to get one?
i.e best price? rang local dealer here and they want $625.80
Got to be other places to get one at a better price surely?
thanks
cheers
Peter
Swaggie
Google Varta G14 to find a good price for this AGM. My supplier was Qld-based but the battery was supplied out of Melbourne IIRC. Most deliveries to my area are ex Melb.
MY21.5 L405 D350 Vogue SE with 19s. Produce LLAMS for LR/RR, Jeep GC/Dodge Ram
VK2HFG and APRS W1 digi, RTK base station using LoRa
Master
SupporterIs that the same as the LR One?
TopicToaster
Peter,Originally Posted by PeterOZ
Ring around. In October I got a century battery from Battery World for the D4 for $209 with a 2 year warranty.
Master
SupporterI see
Swaggie
I understood that it was. However I dont know if a D3 needs such an expensive battery as much as a D4 does.
MY21.5 L405 D350 Vogue SE with 19s. Produce LLAMS for LR/RR, Jeep GC/Dodge Ram
VK2HFG and APRS W1 digi, RTK base station using LoRa
Swaggie
I'm a little dissapointed that my expensive Varta AGM start-stop battery isn't getting charged enough with the mostly short drives the vehicle gets, even with a weekly haf-hour run to town. For a couple of weeks my indicator LED has frequently been showing that the voltage is down whilst parked and the multimeter today reveals that its just under 12V. I was hoping that being an AGM and designed for start-stop that it would recharge on the short trips but the fancy D4 charging philosophy favouring fuel economy over battery state obviously prevents it so the portable 120W solar panel is being put to work. It must be time for a decent drive.
MY21.5 L405 D350 Vogue SE with 19s. Produce LLAMS for LR/RR, Jeep GC/Dodge Ram
VK2HFG and APRS W1 digi, RTK base station using LoRa
ForumSage
SubscriberI'm finding the same since the D3 has been semi retired. After a week of not being used it needs a substantial run to keep it charged. I disconnected both batteries for the six weeks we are overseas.
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Tote
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Swaggie
Mines the same,after a few days of sitting around the voltage is around 12V or less.Still on the original battery.
The Traxide led is often flashing which means the main battery has dropped lower than approx 12V.
They need a good long run to charge them up.
I regularly put it on a charger.
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