Battery recommendations

[SteveOS3]

I need to get a new battery asap as I have the MOT booked this week and just found that mine is as dead a a dodo. Won't charge or even register on my Optimate box - I know, I should have left it connected.....................

I have a 2.9 V6 and was wondering if anyone has any recommendations.

Cheers,

SteveO

[White S3]

Battery I have had for a while 7yrs + is a VARTA L2 400/640 CCA but I cannot find it listed any more. I believe that its equivalent is this one (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VARTA-E13-570-409-064-Car-Battery-TYPE-096-12V-70AH-640CCA-3-Yrs-Wrnty-/201253055666?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2edb9decb).
Never had a problem with it and frequently disconnect it when I'm away (2mths in every 3). Even when reconnecting it I have only had to charge it after having left it for up to 1yr!
Mark

[TVR05]

Varta E24 would be the correct one, with a CCA of 640 as just replaced the V8S. Cheapest I found was through batterymegastore.co.uk based in Gloucester, ebay id batterymegauk and these guys are very helpful, £60.40 free p&p 4yr warranty

[Griffinr]

SteveOS3 said:

I need to get a new battery asap as I have the MOT booked this week and just found that mine is as dead a a dodo. Won't charge or even register on my Optimate box - I know, I should have left it connected.....................

I have a 2.9 V6 and was wondering if anyone has any recommendations.

Cheers,

SteveO

Modern electronic chargers are not very good with completely dead batteries, sometimes you can get the charge to start by jumping the dead battery off a good one. It just gives the dead battery enough volts to recognise it.

[mk1fan]

Shame you're not in London. I have three sitting in the garage doing nothing. One new, two used but fully functional. All surplus since fitting the Oddesey one to Samy and the Yuassa one to Tamy.

[SteveOS3]

Thanks for the links Gents.

I didn't know the 'jump-charge' trick so just popped down the garage and hooked up a battery I'd kept from my old Merc' diesel. It gave enough juice to get the Optimate to recognise the Varta so fingers crossed I can get it charged over the next 24 hours.

Many thanks again,

Steve

[SteveOS3]

Wel the 'jump charge' method has worked a treat. It started first time after 24 hours on the Optimate.

Thanks for the help.

Steve

[Kitchski]

I had the Varta 024, and found it rubbed the bonnet on the S1. Now have the newer version of an 075 in Bosch flavour. It's not exactly a high-compression lump, the Cologne, so it doesn't need a meaty battery

[TVR05]

Varta E24 would be the correct one, with a CCA of 640 as just replaced the V8S. Cheapest I found was through batterymegastore.co.uk based in Gloucester, ebay id batterymegauk and these guys are very helpful, £60.40 free p&p 4yr warranty

[TVR05]

Varta E24 would be the correct one, with a CCA of 640 as just replaced the V8S. Cheapest I found was through batterymegastore.co.uk based in Gloucester, ebay id batterymegauk and these guys are very helpful, £60.40 free p&p 4yr warranty

[greymrj]

Might well be worth adding this one to the list. I am a great believer in having more battery power than I need so I have gone for a 74amp hr. Exide Excell EB 740 (type LO3 for the correct terminal arrangement). £51+vat as Europarts were having an end of winter battery 'sale'.

Size 278 x 175 a 190high. I think that 190 high could be pretty important. That size will just fit in my tray.

It does mean there isnt enough room for a clamp but the clamp wasnt good anyway and I have always preferred the strap over arrangement, so I got a nice new red cam strap out of the money I saved! (Does that sound like a womans argument? Or is that just too sexist?)

Edited by greymrj on Monday 6th April 19:37

[TVR05]

Varta E24 would be the correct one, with a CCA of 640 as just replaced the V8S. Cheapest I found was through batterymegastore.co.uk based in Gloucester, ebay id batterymegauk and these guys are very helpful, £60.40 free p&p 4yr warranty