cheap 180 battery

grimmy · 18-09-12, 08:52 PM

Anybody know where to get one for cheapness.

Ritchy · 18-09-12, 08:55 PM

if a 063 works think they are about £20ish

grimmy · 18-09-12, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Ritchy

if a 063 works think they are about £20ish

Think it's a 075 mate not sure though.

Ritchy · 18-09-12, 09:11 PM

should be around about that price, an get them hrough work for about that, halfords is a total rip off for batterys, or look on ebay, i bought the best bosch 063 battery for £55 iirc delivered, with a really high cca and the longest a/h

stamford · 18-09-12, 09:13 PM

I have an 063 fitted and works fine. Suppose it depends on other items fitted that may draw too much.

Ritchy · 18-09-12, 09:18 PM

mainly need the battery for starting tbh, the alt should be able to supply everything while driving, battery shouldnt be able to discharge while driving at all

grimmy · 18-09-12, 09:35 PM

Will have a look in the morning it's not desperate yet but it is starting to struggle in the mornings so is on its road out.being the original its had a good innings to be fair.

zsserbia · 18-09-12, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Ritchy

mainly need the battery for starting tbh, the alt should be able to supply everything while driving, battery shouldnt be able to discharge while driving at all

Correct but using too many accessories while driving will reduce the charge to the battery and driving short distance will not recharge it.

Especially during winter when you use window and mirror heaters along with wipers. They're all big consumers. Luckily, petrol ones use less current to start. For my derv I'd always choose strongest option possible that would fit the battery tray.

Maxxed_Ross · 19-09-12, 12:35 AM

same with the Defender, always buy the best you can afford because you never know when you're going to need it!

I've always found TMS to be a good price for batteries around the central belt, but I dunno if they sell to the public

andy-81 · 19-09-12, 01:08 AM

Me personally would always use the best I can afford, it's worth trying the scrappy to be fair you could find a good battery in there i bought a yellow top gel battery in a scrappy once and was charged 30 quid for it, if you search the Internet for this type of battery you'll see what a bargain I got, the only reason it didn't go on the zed was the terminals where flat and not round