What starter battery for a 2014 3.0 D4

**scarry** · 7th February 2018, 12:04 PM

Mine gets short runs as well.
the biggest drain on mine is the Traxide SC80 relay.

I have a switch on it to turn it off,and the battery definitely lasts longer between charges.

That Ctek graph,is that battery capacity?

If so it is getting way too low,not good for battery life.

DiscoMick · 7th February 2018, 12:53 PM

It's good to give a battery regular sessions on a multi-stage charger to keep it excited and reduce sulphur build-up. Mine gets a couple of 130km runs each week, but I still give it a burst on the charger every month or two.

**DiscoJeffster** · 7th February 2018, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by scarry

Mine gets short runs as well.
the biggest drain on mine is the Traxide SC80 relay.

I have a switch on it to turn it off,and the battery definitely lasts longer between charges.

That Ctek graph,is that battery capacity?

If so it is getting way too low,not good for battery life.

And over a short period too.

**l00kin4** · 8th February 2018, 07:32 AM

Originally Posted by scarry

Mine gets short runs as well.
the biggest drain on mine is the Traxide SC80 relay.

I have a switch on it to turn it off,and the battery definitely lasts longer between charges.

That Ctek graph,is that battery capacity?

If so it is getting way too low,not good for battery life.

Yes, the graph is battery capacity. Yes, way too low but I don't often have the opportunity to charge it until the weekend and most days it's 10k to work and 10k back so doesn't get much of a charge.

Interestingly even with those dips, I haven't had a low battery warning since the initial one when I first fired it up after being idle.

I have the Traxide DT-90 now and since seeing your post I am looking at how I will set up to switch it off.

David

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