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  1. 11th October 2018, 10:41 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by AK83 View Post
    Have to disagree with this one .. best avoided.
    I haven’t had a lot of success with the Centuries after 3 years or so. Had one in the Defender 300Tdi and it would struggle to start in the morning.

    The Century deep cycles seemed to last longer in the Defender & all the tractors.

    The old Bond batteries seem to last forever though !
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    Willow old style......... no 'magic eye' of impending death.

    The first one went fine for over 10 years and the two replacements are now about 3 or 4 years old with no issues.

    Dunno if you can still get them. Mine came from Goddings in Whittlesea.

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    Optima get my vote for a starter. My experiences are they are more expensive, but for me they still come out cheaper due to longevity (reliability).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slunnie View Post
    Optima get my vote for a starter. My experiences are they are more expensive, but for me they still come out cheaper due to longevity (reliability).
    Another here for Optima Not that i had much choice
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    I have a CAT Calcium battery - installed August 2012 and still going strongBatteries.
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    Quote Originally Posted by onebob View Post
    I have a CAT Calcium battery - installed August 2012 and still going strongBatteries.
    What part Number would that be? What are the Cold Cranking Amps? What vehicle did you fit it into?
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    Quote Originally Posted by onebob View Post
    I have a CAT Calcium battery - installed August 2012 and still going strongBatteries.
    What part Number would that be? What are the Cold Cranking Amps? What vehicle did you fit it into?
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    If in Bne give Battery Central a call 07-31948805. He's an autoelectrician with large range of all things autolectrical. More Importantly he is conversant with L.R's. I was thinking about renewing my Optima Yellowtop which provides aux power. He suggested that whilst they are a good battery there are equivalent in physical size yet greater capacity as per Watt hours with no degration in quality.

    He also installs(oh, sweet bliss,......not having to wrestle batteries into the *#$@!!! underseat storage area).
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