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Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: Ian Houghton on January 15, 2009, 11:05:33 AM

Title: Exide Maxxima Batterys
Post by: Ian Houghton on January 15, 2009, 11:05:33 AM

Is anyone using the Exide maxxima battery on there Jeep, Looking at getting one just wondering if there any good and can take winching better than standard batteries.
I know they are suposed to be the competiter for Optima, I just have a chance at getting a Exide for alot less.

Cheers

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Post by: Bishops Finger on January 15, 2009, 10:48:34 PM

Not read much good about Optimas..

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Post by: dxmedia on January 15, 2009, 11:03:02 PM

If your after a good deep cycle battery for a winch, use a caravan leasure battery ;)

Don't use em for starting though, and have em through a split charger.

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Post by: JamesH on January 16, 2009, 11:17:31 AM

Buy an Odyssey  

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Post by: thorna on January 16, 2009, 12:15:46 PM

Odyssey's can be good.
But be carefull:
I bought one for my Seadoo & it didn't perform to great despite the massive price tag.
Their warranty is very flawed; the UK distributors I used didn't honour the warranty documentation that was even present in the box; they only gave a 1yr warranty. I had numerous calls with Odyssey US & it was never resolved.

That said an Odyssey for a Jeep from Devon 4x4 may be an easier experience.

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Post by: JamesH on January 16, 2009, 12:45:40 PM

I have found Devon 4x4's service to be very good, even if their prices aren't the cheapest. I got the odyssey after the courier destroyed my optima when I was returning it to D4x4. The optima (yellow top) became useless after 9 months - possibly because it got flat once but I have no such problems with the odyssey, it can stand for 3 weeks and still start no problem. The odysseys have gone up in price a bit recently though  

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Post by: Ian Houghton on January 16, 2009, 01:40:07 PM

My only reason for looking at the Exide is I can get one for less than £100,

To be honest my current battery from Halofrds did a lot of winching and I then stalled the car after a full pull and it started up straight away not problems.

Thanks for the advice

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Post by: JamesH on January 16, 2009, 02:21:05 PM

I would go for a 'normal' battery unless you want a deep cycle for any reason - then go Odyssey rather than Optima.

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Post by: ferretjuggler on January 17, 2009, 01:35:37 AM

What are you guys paying for these "trick" batteries?

I've got a 125Ah tractor battery for Yellow Peril.
£103 from Telford Farm Machinery 2 year guarentee.

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Post by: scrw on January 17, 2009, 02:25:36 PM

I take it you meant a 1250 Ah battery?

I have bought 750Ah batteries for previous XJ's for around £60 from my local parts place. Currently have an optima on the XJ that was on it when bought but I think it is on its way out, off for a cheapy next

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Post by: JamesH on January 18, 2009, 05:15:41 PM

Ah is different to Cranking Amps (CA) scrw, Ah relates to capacity rather than cranking as I understand it.

e.g. My Odyssey 1500 is 1500CA and 68Ah, an Optima yellow top is 55Ah.

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Post by: ferretjuggler on January 18, 2009, 05:58:36 PM

Dunno wot the CA of this tractor jobbie is, I know I went OTT in fabricating the mount for it.
380x140x260high, thats one big mutha, gotta insulate the exhaust header now!
Cheapo T-Max winch goin upfront is 5.5 Hp it says.
So if 1 Hp = 746W of power thats 4.103 KW at 12V meaning 342A current draw on the battery.
I know it never works out 100% right, but I think theres about 20 minutes of winching time there.

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Post by: dxmedia on January 18, 2009, 11:04:02 PM

Just mention it again, a caravan / motorhome lesure battery rated at 110 amps is about £70 at the moment and deep cycle which is exactly what's needed for a winch. You can spend big money on a lead acid and be buying exactly the same thing.  It's all down to the sticker on the side

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Post by: Ian Houghton on January 22, 2009, 10:39:40 PM

Below is the write up from Exide for the Maxxima battery, The only difference is the UK don't market the the battery as a Maxxima, its a wheelchair battery.

Do you have a model number for the Oddesy battery so I can get a price on these.

I sell fork trucks for a living (or try to) so I deal with most major battery manufactures Exide is owned buy a company CMP and Oddesy are Enersys batterys who are owner buy Hawker Batterys and I buy alot of fork truck batterys from both of them so i get a good price. The exides are £85, I know Scorpian racing sell them at £160. So it should be interesting to see what price the Oddesy will come back at so if anybody has a Type number.


EXIDE MAXI
Spiral  wound Bloc Batteries with orbital technology
AGM Type Batteries
Applications
For use in wheelchairs, caddies and
walk-behind pallet trucks
_ Maintenance Free batteries where
the electrolyte is immobilised in a
glass microfibre and the cells are
spirally wound
_ Ideal where high current draw is
required for short periods of time
and fast charging is important
_ Vibration resistant and virtually
indestructible
Applications
For use in wheelchairs, caddies and
walk-behind pallet trucks
_ AGM (Absorbed Glass Microfibre)
bloc batteries
_ Maintenance Free batteries where
the electrolyte is immobilised in a
glass microfibre
_ Good high power performance
with moderate service life
Battery Voltage
V

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Post by: JamesH on January 23, 2009, 09:33:34 AM

Mine is a PC1500 cos that was the biggest I could fit in my battery tray. Others use other sizes. The smaller ones are quite capable of starting a 4.0l XJ and you can even squeeze 2 of them it if you get creative.

I paid about £140 but they're now about £190 from Devon 4x4 - although they are far from the cheapest 4x4 supplier around