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Title: Someone tell me about batteries
Post by: Bulldog67 on March 10, 2011, 06:14:47 PM

Need a battery for the Bastard, and the Bastard's Ramsey winch, but know fuck all about batteries TBH, I bookmarked a thread about Nexus buyin an odyssey 1500 pcd, and while i dont mind coughin up biggish bucks there was also a view expressed on that thread that an FSJ should just have the biggest bugger I could find, but I dont kno how the biggest bugger would present itself (im assumin not actual size :003: )

I dont want shite coz i seem to be cursed with batteries that go flat on me

views please?  :100:

Title: Re: Someone tell me about batteries
Post by: tedthefed on March 10, 2011, 07:13:19 PM

Try carbatteriesonline.co.uk  or ring them  011598322890 got a good deal on the Bosch one for the XJ.

Title: Re: Someone tell me about batteries
Post by: JamesH on March 10, 2011, 08:31:55 PM

YOu might find advice on XJ and TJ batteries is quite specific because of which way round the terminals are and what space there is to fit them in. I have an Odyssey 1500 cos it's the biggest that'll fit in an XJ battery tray. Any battery is at risk if you leave it in a vehicle stood up for too long. Maybe worth buying a CTEK or other smart charger that you can leave connected when they are parked up.

Title: Re: Someone tell me about batteries
Post by: Bishops Finger on March 10, 2011, 10:25:35 PM

Arr keep it charged...see if a Varta will fit....avoid Optima...overrated stuff

Title: Re: Someone tell me about batteries
Post by: tedthefed on March 11, 2011, 10:21:08 AM

The Bosch one will fit an XJ  by trimming the lip off one end , then use a different top to hold it secure.

Title: Re: Someone tell me about batteries
Post by: Bulldog67 on March 11, 2011, 06:29:07 PM

but do i go but a HGV one?

Title: Re: Someone tell me about batteries
Post by: Nosebolt on March 11, 2011, 06:44:16 PM

try interstate batteries (http://www.interstatebatteries.com/cs_estore/Results.aspx/Cars%20and%20Trucks?dsNavigation=N~21) when you get to your model it will give you all the sizes you need to find a battery that will fit without mods

Title: Re: Someone tell me about batteries
Post by: Bulldog67 on March 11, 2011, 06:49:27 PM

cheers dood, halfway there, but i dont understand the tech shite, surely it aint about just physical size  :017:

Title: Re: Someone tell me about batteries
Post by: Bubba on March 11, 2011, 06:55:41 PM

first thing where are you mounting them or it if you have two they need to be the same model and age if you are wiring them in line without a split charge system

Title: Re: Someone tell me about batteries
Post by: Bulldog67 on March 11, 2011, 06:57:55 PM

i was thinkin i was just gonna get one big boy to handle the work, coz the current battery is bound to be shit

2 would be extra work, and im not wantin to be takin liberties  :icon_redface:

Title: Re: Someone tell me about batteries
Post by: Bubba on March 11, 2011, 06:59:41 PM

simple then just get the biggest baddest one you can find

Title: Re: Someone tell me about batteries
Post by: Bulldog67 on March 11, 2011, 07:01:04 PM

 :hysterical: then we back to same problem, one constitutes "biggest baddest"

Title: Re: Someone tell me about batteries
Post by: Nosebolt on March 11, 2011, 07:22:59 PM

use that site to get the physical dimensions that will fit your wagon without mods then buy the most powerful that fits those sizes

Title: Re: Someone tell me about batteries
Post by: Bulldog67 on March 11, 2011, 07:52:36 PM

aaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhh  :banghead:

 :010: wot, or how, is the most powerful measured


dear bloody gawd are u all doin this on purpose  :jpshakehead:

Title: Re: Someone tell me about batteries
Post by: big g on March 11, 2011, 07:56:58 PM

CCA and Ah are your measuring sticks.

Title: Re: Someone tell me about batteries
Post by: Nosebolt on March 11, 2011, 08:00:00 PM

 :iagree:

CCA (cold cranking amps) or Ah (amp hours) and the higher the better

Title: Re: Someone tell me about batteries
Post by: Bulldog67 on March 11, 2011, 08:06:00 PM

hallyfrickinlujah  :lol_hitting:

Title: Re: Someone tell me about batteries
Post by: JamesH on March 12, 2011, 05:52:14 PM

As I understand it CCA is the power it can kick out to start the engine and the Ah is how big it is in terms of storage - bigger means you can run you radio off it for longer before it's flat.

The reason people go for expensive batteries like Odyssey is normally because they pack a bit more CCA and Ah into a smaller box. With a big truck like yours you can probably just get a big boy 'standard' battery.