Thread: Price of OEM Battery For D3

Hi Terry,
How's things mate?
Try one of these mate.
Projecta Intellicharge 15Amp Battery Charger
Project 15 amp intelli-charge.
I've had one since the alternator failed a few years ago. Not sure how they work but I do know they are bloody brilliant. I had a motorbike battery that was stuffed and had sat flat for nearly a year and just after I bought this I decided to give it a go, years that battery is still going today, needs to be put on again every few months but still works LOL.. I have 3 batteries in the D3 and they've all survived 3 years of abuse although they do get a few long runs but the fridge is left on them for days on end without help. I realise that's not the way to treat a battery but with one of these it doesn't seem to matter. The best part of this unit is all you do is hook it up and forget it. Do that once every few months and you should avoid to many more battery failures.
Happy trails Terry, I may drop in latter this year when I'm back that way.
regards Brian

Hi Brian and any multi stage charger will work, but Terry, if you want to improve your battery’s state of charge and prolong it’s life span, and this may sound strange, but go for a small ( low current ) battery charger.

Charging batteries is exactly the same as discharging them.

The higher the discharge current, the harder it is on the battery and this is the same with charging a battery.

Low current charging is much gently on the battery and batteries tend to “absorb” the charge better when it’s a low current charge.

When we are driving, because of time restraints, we have to charge with high currents, but this is a trade off.

Whereas in most cases, when charging with a battery charger, we usually have plenty of time to charge a battery and so, a 5 amp charger would be better then a 15 amp charger and much MUCH better than say a 40 amp charger.

BUT, there is an exception. If you are likely to be charging your batteries off a generator while away from mains, then, like when driving, time is a deciding factor.

If you look like needing to charge off a generator, there is one hand y option, there are now many brands of battery chargers that have user controlled charging current levels. So you can use a low current charge while on mains, or set the charger to maximum charge current while using a generator. This way you can have a charger to suit all situations.

I installed a amaron 850 coca battery today
In my D3. 289$ with free delivery from QLD to very
Remote WA

Originally Posted by drivesafe

Hi Brian and any multi stage charger will work, but Terry, if you want to improve your battery’s state of charge and prolong it’s life span, and this may sound strange, but go for a small ( low current ) battery charger.

Charging batteries is exactly the same as discharging them.

The higher the discharge current, the harder it is on the battery and this is the same with charging a battery.

Low current charging is much gently on the battery and batteries tend to “absorb” the charge better when it’s a low current charge.

When we are driving, because of time restraints, we have to charge with high currents, but this is a trade off.

Whereas in most cases, when charging with a battery charger, we usually have plenty of time to charge a battery and so, a 5 amp charger would be better then a 15 amp charger and much MUCH better than say a 40 amp charger.

BUT, there is an exception. If you are likely to be charging your batteries off a generator while away from mains, then, like when driving, time is a deciding factor.

If you look like needing to charge off a generator, there is one hand y option, there are now many brands of battery chargers that have user controlled charging current levels. So you can use a low current charge while on mains, or set the charger to maximum charge current while using a generator. This way you can have a charger to suit all situations.

Hey Tim, what chargers do you like? I'm not asking you to for recommendation, just interested in what you would use.

So Tim my poor old Yellow top along with one of your Traxide system has been keeping my various rubbish cranking battery's alive for even longer than they should have. ...bugger me!
Anyway I have ordered a new Varta battery from Michael (rrturboD) and it should be there when we get back home in a couple of days.

And Brian there is always a bed in our house that your welcome to next time your passing through, I warn you though if you don't like meat and vino you maybe in trouble as chance are it will include a prime 1kg T-bone and a good bootle of red or two. ...

I had to buy a new battery for my L322. After much searching I found www.nqwholesalers.com.au had the best deal on a Varta suitable for my beast.
Delivery was free.
Try them.

cheers

Originally Posted by TerryO

So Tim my poor old Yellow top along with one of your Traxide system has been keeping my various rubbish cranking battery's alive for even longer than they should have. ...bugger me!
Anyway I have ordered a new Varta battery from Michael (rrturboD) and it should be there when we get back home in a couple of days.

And Brian there is always a bed in our house that your welcome to next time your passing through, I warn you though if you don't like meat and vino you maybe in trouble as chance are it will include a prime 1kg T-bone and a good bootle of red or two. ...

Can I come too?

Originally Posted by SBD4

Hey Tim, what chargers do you like? I'm not asking you to for recommendation, just interested in what you would use.

Hi Sean and I sell battery chargers. I carry the Promariner ProNautic range of marine grade battery chargers.

Here’s the link to my AULRO Verandah thread.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/verandah/1...-chargers.html

These are high end chargers designed for situations a charger is used regularly and is needed to be reliable, and the ProNautic chargers are one of only two brangs of chargers on the market designed with user selectable Lithium Battery specific charging algorithms.

It is for this area, Lithium battery charging, where I sell most of these chargers.

For what is being discussed in this thread, where the use is not going to be all that often, any standard multi stage battery charge will do the job very well.