Auxiliary Battery Issues

Tombie · 21st June 2018, 06:52 PM

Originally Posted by Russrobe

Tbh, it doesn't really matter if you paid $300 or $335 either say you've paid a lot of money for a 55AH battery, that has a trash warranty. I was considering purchasing something closer to 100AH rating and storing it in the boot behind the fridge, there's plenty of room there anyway. 55AH on just lasts long enough for 48hours running the fridge and lights without a drive anyway, I know there's solar options, but a larger battery would be much easier long term.

Not really.

Once you build a suitable restraint frame for a battery weighing 30kg; a proper one that will actually stop the battery killing somebody during an incident - you will have spent more than the battery up front.

You’ll then throw in a 100ah that’s likely good for 50% (Optima can go a bit lower) but irrelevant anyway because the Traxide is sharing some of the main reserve.

Show me a correctly rated and constructed mount for in the back, not just behind a cargo barrier - because the battery alone meets the entire rating of the barrier - and compare pricing then.

I’d be surprised if it’s not parity at minimum.

And for a decent trip, there’s really not that much space to spare

**drivesafe** · 22nd June 2018, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by LuckyLes

Hi,
I put one of these in when I fitted my Traxide DBS to my D4
I bought it from my local battery guy at Capalaba. Local Batteries. It was quite a bit cheaper at the time than the Optima.
ORB34DC-48 BATTERY

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Hi LuckyLes, I haven't looked up info relating to Orbital batteries for a few years now, and there does not seem to be much in the way of useful specs available.

The only specs I found were not very informative and related to there use as STOP/START batteries.

If you or anybody else has a link to more detailed specs, I would appreciate it.

From the info available, they are not being promoted as a deep cycle battery, just as a cranking battery and I am not sure what this may mean long term for them being used as a deep cycle battery.

**LuckyLes** · 22nd June 2018, 02:11 PM

Hi Drivesafe,
The supplier told me that they were multi use as in Deep Cycle/Starting, which is probably a compromise in both directions, but it has done the job for me so far.
This was all I could come up with.
ORB34DC-48
Les

**drivesafe** · 22nd June 2018, 03:12 PM

Yep, that’s all I could come up with as well.

**Dfornow** · 22nd June 2018, 03:57 PM

I googled and received a few suppliers. 'Batteries Direct' (ORB34DC-48) had: $334; sealed; spiral bound AGM technology; vibration resistant; CCA 750; 158 L x 170 W x 203 H; 18.5 kg; 12 month warranty.
Other suppliers didn't seem to have prices.

cheers

Tombie · 24th June 2018, 07:56 PM

I ran Orbital blues in the Defender (Lara)...
Lower Ah rating than an Optima. About 5ah less iirc.

Had one go into melt down, replaced without question.

I wouldn’t do it now, I’d go SSB or FullRiver.. my D34 Yellows are not healthy - but that may just be from the poor Odyssey dragging them down.

**TuffRR** · 8th July 2018, 08:57 AM

So this happened to me yesterday, speaking of Yellowtops. Couple of weeks within 3 year warranty - will wait and see what the answer is tomorrow as to whether is covered.

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**shack** · 8th July 2018, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by Tombie

I ran Orbital blues in the Defender (Lara)...
Lower Ah rating than an Optima. About 5ah less iirc.

Had one go into melt down, replaced without question.

I wouldn’t do it now, I’d go SSB or FullRiver.. my D34 Yellows are not healthy - but that may just be from the poor Odyssey dragging them down.

+1 on the ssb battery, we have several now and in conjunction with a d34 optima it runs the fridge for significantly longer than similar size battery's on same setup on our other vehicles, not cheap though...
But I'm always reminded of a herbicide advert years ago,
If it doesn't work...it isn't cheap

**TuffRR** · 11th July 2018, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by TuffRR

So this happened to me yesterday, speaking of Yellowtops. Couple of weeks within 3 year warranty - will wait and see what the answer is tomorrow as to whether is covered.

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Apparently the negative post breaking off the battery is not considered a warrantable problem.

If i hadn't already replaced it with another yellowtop, I would be seriously looking for alternatives. At first the warranty was knocked back by Century sight unseen as any physical damage is not covered, but after i pressed the matter they picked it up and inspected with the same finding. They think that it could only happen through force or physical damage. Given the battery has been installed in-situ for the last 2.5 years, thats total BS but just shows how flaky these so called warranties are.

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**Eevo** · 11th July 2018, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by TuffRR

Apparently the negative post breaking off the battery is not considered a warrantable problem.

what?!?!!

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