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| 1422006 | 2016-06-17 00:03:00 | Thats what I'd expect as well. Why call them parking lights if they cant be left on overnight :) I bit the bullet & just went & bought a new batt yesterday . $200 , about $50 more than I wanted to pay (they didnt have the cheaper version in a form factor to suit my car) 3 year warranty , so $70 a year isnt too bad. Bought from The Warehouse (Excide), they are cheaper than supercheap & repco . Turns out the old batt was only 2 years old. It's still usuable (but not reliable), so I'll keep it as a backup . i replaced my car's parking lights with cheap ebay T10 wedge Led's which draw lower current. Also bought small $140 excide battery (40CPMF) last June from the Warehouse. But had to scan the QR code to apply online for an extended warranty. Check battery if you need do similar. Has to be done within 10 days of purchase. The battery specials ended last week June 7th. May have saved 40 - 50 dollars. |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1422007 | 2016-06-18 19:25:00 | Here's the catch: The newer lead-calcium batteries are not of a 'deep-cycle' capacity . These new ones are usually dead or dying at 3 to 3 . 5 years if they are not abused . I say typically, but there are exceptions . The problem is that IF a lead-calcium battery is drained lower than, say, 10 . 5 volts and then recharged - it is not to be trusted after that point . IF you have a 'deep-cycle' or Marine/RV battery or even one for a diesel, they usually last a good deal longer as they are of the old build-style with a real lead/acid construction and not the new alloys . You can easily find which are lead-calcium and which are lead-acid by trying to pick them up . The lead-calcium are considerably lighter than the lead-acid . As an example - the non-serviceable - sealed batteries - the ones that don't have the old style cell caps on them that screw on-off - and are considered service free, but they do not like heat, vibration, nor deep-cycle discharging (with extended cranking time and demand for high amps draw) . I personally have a deep cycle RV/Marine battery in my '89 Chevy Blazer K1500 that is 13 years old and still kicking . It has been totally discharged on more than eight or nine occasions and has always come back to new-ish . I say 'new-ish' because totally discharging a battery of any style is never going to make it any better . But it cranks in Montana cold overnight parking and starts pretty good the next morning . I have a trick to keep it hot and ready though . I bought a small solar charging panel from Harbor Freight - a Chinese tool and cheap machinery store here in the US - and put it on the dashboard (NZ= ?) and hard wired it into the fuse panel and it keeps that battery 100% trickle-charged all the time . The Blazer K10 is my 'emergency-gotta-get-outta-town-before-the-zombies-get-us' vehicle . It HAS to be ready for emergencies all the time . Most of the info I read in the previous posts are pretty much right on though . Good on to all youse guys! :clap:banana |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1422008 | 2016-06-19 07:09:00 | Here's the catch: The newer lead-calcium batteries are not of a 'deep-cycle' capacity . These new ones are usually dead or dying at 3 to 3 . 5 years if they are not abused . I say typically, but there are exceptions . The problem is that IF a lead-calcium battery is drained lower than, say, 10 . 5 volts and then recharged - it is not to be trusted after that point . IF you have a 'deep-cycle' or Marine/RV battery or even one for a diesel, they usually last a good deal longer as they are of the old build-style with a real lead/acid construction and not the new alloys . You can easily find which are lead-calcium and which are lead-acid by trying to pick them up . The lead-calcium are considerably lighter than the lead-acid . As an example - the non-serviceable - sealed batteries - the ones that don't have the old style cell caps on them that screw on-off - and are considered service free, but they do not like heat, vibration, nor deep-cycle discharging (with extended cranking time and demand for high amps draw) . I personally have a deep cycle RV/Marine battery in my '89 Chevy Blazer K1500 that is 13 years old and still kicking . It has been totally discharged on more than eight or nine occasions and has always come back to new-ish . I say 'new-ish' because totally discharging a battery of any style is never going to make it any better . But it cranks in Montana cold overnight parking and starts pretty good the next morning . I have a trick to keep it hot and ready though . I bought a small solar charging panel from Harbor Freight - a Chinese tool and cheap machinery store here in the US - and put it on the dashboard (NZ= ?) and hard wired it into the fuse panel and it keeps that battery 100% trickle-charged all the time . The Blazer K10 is my 'emergency-gotta-get-outta-town-before-the-zombies-get-us' vehicle . It HAS to be ready for emergencies all the time . Most of the info I read in the previous posts are pretty much right on though . Good on to all youse guys! :clap:banana Won't a regulator for the solar charger be required? Wondering if the charger actually charges or prevents current drain, i . e . keeps the battery topped up at around 12 . 6 V (typically) for a healthy battery . |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1422009 | 2016-06-19 07:31:00 | Here's the catch: The newer lead-calcium batteries are not of a 'deep-cycle' capacity . These new ones are usually dead or dying at 3 to 3 . 5 years if they are not abused . I say typically, but there are exceptions . The problem is that IF a lead-calcium battery is drained lower than, say, 10 . 5 volts and then recharged - it is not to be trusted after that point . The Blazer K10 is my 'emergency-gotta-get-outta-town-before-the-zombies-get-us' vehicle . Good on to all youse guys! :clap:banana Kiwis do not need deep cycle batteries on our 4 wheel drives . We do not run, we will stand and fight the zombies in town . |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1422010 | 2016-06-19 07:42:00 | I just don’t believe how much stronger you get as you get older. :confused: I used to struggle to pick up an 11 plate car battery and now I can carry one in each hand. :) |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1422011 | 2016-06-19 07:59:00 | The device has it's own built-in regulator. Let me see if I can find a post or pix of it for youse guys... be right back..... See if this works for youse guys: www.harborfreight.com ... and this is the internal regulator .... cdn.instructables.com |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1422012 | 2016-06-19 08:02:00 | Kiwis do not need deep cycle batteries on our 4 wheel drives. We do not run, we will stand and fight the zombies in town. I'll wave as I drive by.............................:devil |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1422013 | 2016-06-19 08:09:00 | The device has it's own built-in regulator. Let me see if I can find a post or pix of it for youse guys... be right back..... See if this works for youse guys: www.harborfreight.com ... and this is the internal regulator .... cdn.instructables.com It says 1.5W which would be as good as tits on a bull. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1422014 | 2016-06-19 08:43:00 | It's not for charging a dead battery - it's a maintainer and I've used one or this one for over six years on this vehicle. All I know is that this particular battery stays at 13.2 all the time and is always ready to work. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1422015 | 2016-06-19 09:25:00 | It's not for charging a dead battery - it's a maintainer and I've used one or this one for over six years on this vehicle. All I know is that this particular battery stays at 13.2 all the time and is always ready to work. Is it 15w OR 1.5W? |
prefect (6291) | ||
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