Lightweight batterys

[Hollowpockets]

Was looking at one of these...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ODYSSEY-PC680-HIGH-PERFO...

Anyone fitted one to a Noble?

My friend has one in his track car subaru and it's not been a problem even though the car sits for weeks between use.

any experiences welcome

Cheers

Graham

[TuxMan]

I used a Odessey battery on my Ultima ........ It was bloody useless will be fitting a Varley Red top 40 in the Noble this Christmas . Tux

[GTO600]

Hollowpockets said:

Was looking at one of these...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ODYSSEY-PC680-HIGH-PERFO...

Anyone fitted one to a Noble?

My friend has one in his track car subaru and it's not been a problem even though the car sits for weeks between use.

any experiences welcome

Cheers

Graham

Been using the Odyssey Racing 35 for over two years now with no issues at all, l keep it on a trickle charger when the car is not in use & it's been 100%.
Kevin

[Hollowpockets]

thanks guys,

Why was it useless Tux?

I see the Varley Red top 40 weighs in over 14kg, over 2KG more than the varta jobbie I have fitted at the moment, the racing battery you quote Kev is 11KG, the one in my link appears to be 7KG which would make a 5KG. However if it's not up to the job and the ones that are good weigh the same as standard, perhaps I should stick with what I've got which works fine at the moment.

cheers

Graham

[andygtt]

The red top is better unless you let it go flat then it's a bin job as once fully flat they can't retain a proper charge again.... The odessy on the ultima was too small and so is the one you linked to, I plan to use the larger version... It's still 6kgs lighter as the stockone is 15kgs.

[Gadgeroonie]

anyone fancy a 1 lb battery !

http://www.braillebattery.com/index.php/batteries/...

[900T-R]

Got the PC925 in my TVR - smallest I can get away with as I don't have power sockets in the underground parking to keep it topped up. Will happily start the car after it having sat for two weeks, a bit less happy but still solid after nearly 3 weeks. That's better than the twice-the-Ah-capacity wet battery it replaced, and a valuable 3 kgs saved.

Oh, and my passenger can stretch out their legs now, too (battery in passenger footwell in these cars).

[TuxMan]

Hi Graham , Ultima battery had no guts but as Andy says it was probably too small .

I have the weight of a red top 40 at 12kg ??? Maybe I have it wrong :-)))

[andygtt]

the ultima one was around 6kgs and was tiny... the one Im going for is 9.6kgs although I may actually go for 2... one for engine another for electronics stereo, lights etc with a split charge so if I leave lights on or have a drain it will still have charge in the engine battery to start it

[5paulmv]

been running a red top with no issues for 2 half years defo way forward on the noble this was a proto type battry holder

[900T-R]

Tidy!