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  1. 9th February 2006, 06:19 PM #11
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    Four and a bit years and still going stron.......
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  2. 9th February 2006, 07:24 PM #12
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    [quote=DEFENDERZOOK]<span style="color:blue">
    and die in the first or second week of winter......</span>

    Great......that will be the first week of March then :!: :? :? :wink: :wink:

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  3. 9th February 2006, 10:05 PM #13
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    Hi Scott
    Whats the difference besides the Lead/acid lead/calcium?? How does it affect the systems performance???
    Mine has an AC Delco maint free battery,usually a very good battery,but havent checked its type.It was in the vehicle(TD5 Disco)when I bought it.Im hoping it OK as I have another perfectly good matching battery I was going to use for a dual battery setup.
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  4. 9th February 2006, 10:47 PM #14
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    The one in my first Td5 Disco went at 3 years

    In the second (current) at 2.5

    I do mainly short city trips so probably never gets a good charge and we have a fridge (no second battery).

    Just replaced it with a Bond Ultimate Silver/Calcium - seemed to have appropriate specs and was the closest to the original in Leongatha!
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  5. 10th February 2006, 12:00 AM #15
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    My battery is still the first.
    Defender 01/2000

    And now we have winter. The last 2 weeks we always had about -5 to -10 degrees. Since last x-mas we had only one week with + degrees...

    Never had such a good battery in a car!
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  6. 10th February 2006, 12:28 AM #16
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    I reckon that anything over two years is pretty good.
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  7. 10th February 2006, 06:29 AM #17
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    When I sold batteries many years ago, they were all designed and made to last about 3 years give or take 12 months. It would depend on the abuse it got.

    Having said that, I had a battery in Switzerland that was about 7 to 8 years old and still going. Touch wood. Although i do not know how long it lasted when I sold the car.
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    Originally posted by LandyAndy
    Hi Scott
    Whats the difference besides the Lead/acid lead/calcium?? How does it affect the systems performance???
    The alternators are different on the DiscoII. They're supposed to be a faster charge rate than the DiscoI & the Lead Acid batteries can't handle it.

    A calcium battery also requires a special battery charger to bring them up to full charge in a few hours. A normal charger can take around 3-4 days to bring them up to near full charge.
    I've seen DiscoIIs fitted with Lead Acid batteries that have boiled over so I would advise you have your battery checked.
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  9. 11th February 2006, 02:48 PM #19
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    TD5 Auto 11/2000 - original battery still strong.
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    [quote=DEFENDERZOOK]it<span style="color:blue"> should see you through summer.....

    and die in the first or second week of winter......</span>

    He he he - when i was in the tyre game we used to say "Roll on winter" love the weather change battery sales..... and the battery tester that printed reports - licenece to print money loved giving out the report saying well if may fail in the near future...

    On the same token it was great to give customers a report saying it should be ok for some while..



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