I bought a new battery last week Mario and the bloke I bought it from made an interesting comment.
I used Supercharge calcium batteries in the Deefer and they lasted over ten years, including being left for six months and run down to below 3v, then recharged.
They lasted another two-three years after that.
The Disco's Supercharge was over seven years old, and the PO only put 20,000km on it in that time.
Anyway, I mentioned this and he said I will not get anything like that life out of a current battery.
He didn't have the 950CCA Supercharge in stock and wouldn't for another two weeks so I grabbed a Delkor 900CCA calcium battery instead.
Delkor are owned by Johnson Controls, a massive, technically diverse company.
3 days , one would really hope it would last for weeks, unfortunately if you take these vehicles to an airport car park and go away for a few weeks you would hope it would start. but you would need to hook up a solar trickle charger or something, or disconnect the battery, or carry a booster battery..
I wouldn't try that with a P38A! The L322 is more forgiving.
I went away for 6 weeks when I had the P38A. I put an automatic charger on it before I left. Regrettably, the day after we left there was a blackout. The charger didn't restart. When we got home, the battery was flat. I'd had it go flat in a shorter time than that.
I've now bought a C-Tek which does restart after a power failure. If I go away, the L322 goes on charge just in case.
Ron B.
VK2OTC
2003 L322 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA
RIP Bucko - Riding on Forever
My warranty replacement Supercharged battery failed after 20 mths. They didn’t reply to email re replacement.
The local dealer load tested it and recharged it. Said it was fine. 15 min after getting it Hm and before fitting it was 10.6v. Wouldn’t take charge from my CTek charger.
I bought a Century AMG Battery for $500. Will see how it goes.
L322 tdv8 poverty pack - wow
Perentie 110 wagon ARN 49-107 (probably selling) turbo, p/steer, RFSV front axle/trutrack, HF, gullwing windows, double jerrys etc.
Perentie 110 wagon ARN 48-699 another project
Track Trailer ARN 200-117
REMLR # 137
Which CTek charger are you using that re starts after a power failure?
Cheers
L322 tdv8 poverty pack - wow
Perentie 110 wagon ARN 49-107 (probably selling) turbo, p/steer, RFSV front axle/trutrack, HF, gullwing windows, double jerrys etc.
Perentie 110 wagon ARN 48-699 another project
Track Trailer ARN 200-117
REMLR # 137
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