Thread: Dual battery install

Finally sourced a battery today. This is the little 50Ah Varta that RichardK mentioned earlier. Bought from Challenge Batteries in Osborne Park for $176.

Perfect fit, factory bracket even goes on. Just need a very slightly longer earth lead to neaten up the cable run, which is only cosmetic but I'm fussy, and then I'm done.

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Originally Posted by jik22

Finally sourced a battery today. This is the little 50Ah Varta that RichardK mentioned earlier. Bought from Challenge Batteries in Osborne Park for $176.

Perfect fit, factory bracket even goes on. Just need a very slightly longer earth lead to neaten up the cable run, which is only cosmetic but I'm fussy, and then I'm done.

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Hi jik22,
Looking at the Varta website & comparing the DIN No. on the top of the battery (955002000), your battery would seem to be a 60Ah deep cycle battery. I must say, it is looking very appealing to me.

Now to find a supplier.

Best Wishes,

Originally Posted by jik22

That's pretty poor service alright!

There is a guy on here who works for them, who gave me the local Perth contact (Who I still haven't got round to ringing!) so a quick search should turn up his AULRO name and hopefully he'll be able to get you a local contact.

Is this the same guy who runs a Yellowtop Optima as the dual battery. If so, I don't think I need to find a local supplier.

Originally Posted by Bushwanderer

Hi jik22,
Looking at the Varta website & comparing the DIN No. on the top of the battery (955002000), your battery would seem to be a 60Ah deep cycle battery. I must say, it is looking very appealing to me.

Now to find a supplier.

Best Wishes,

It's labelled as both 50Ah and 60Ah, actually. Dunno what the 50Ah figure means, but thought it safer to expect the lower.

Originally Posted by Bushwanderer

Is this the same guy who runs a Yellowtop Optima as the dual battery. If so, I don't think I need to find a local supplier.

The only person I know running a Yellow top as an aux in a D3 on here is Drivesafe. Good battery, but not >$350 good!

Originally Posted by jik22

It's labelled as both 50Ah and 60Ah, actually. Dunno what the 50Ah figure means, but thought it safer to expect the lower.



The only person I know running a Yellow top as an aux in a D3 on here is Drivesafe. Good battery, but not >$350 good!

That's the guy of whom I was thinking.

(Did you like that, Ron?)

Originally Posted by jik22

The only person I know running a Yellow top as an aux in a D3 on here is Drivesafe. Good battery, but not >$350 good!

I run a Yellow Top in my D3. I picked it up from the Oct 07 Melb 4x4 outdoor show for $328 which I thought was a good price.

It's been working fine as well.

Chris

Originally Posted by PCH

I run a Yellow Top in my D3. I picked it up from the Oct 07 Melb 4x4 outdoor show for $328 which I thought was a good price.

It's been working fine as well.

Chris

That's certainly the cheapest price I've seen, with $350 being common and $400 not unheard of...but it's still nearly double the price of the Varta!

I have a pair of Exide Orbitals in my Defender, which are similar to the Optimas, and they're great, but they don't fit the D3 either.

So far the Optima and Varta ( not personally had a look at the Varta Battery yet ) seem to fit without any modifications to the battery and the Super Charge battery will fit if the battery terminals are cut down.

I bought one of the Super Charge batteries but I have not had time to play with it, when I do I’ll take some pics.

The pomes have access to a 70 A/H battery that fits in the D3’s auxiliary battery compartment but I have not found an outlet in Australia for this battery yet.

Cheers.