cheap 180 battery

[Ritchy]

Ah is amp hours i.e. how long it can supply x number of amps, i.e. a 55 aH battery will be able to supply 5.5amps draw over 10 hours, and the cca is the cold cranking amps, tbh as said a 063 should be able to do what you need if your on a budget, the bigger battery is fitted to the v6 because its a bigger engine to turn over than the k4, again diesel has higher compression so they are always fitted with big batterys too

[grimmy]

Originally Posted by Ritchy

Ah is amp hours i.e. how long it can supply x number of amps, i.e. a 55 aH battery will be able to supply 5.5amps draw over 10 hours, and the cca is the cold cranking amps, tbh as said a 063 should be able to do what you need if your on a budget, the bigger battery is fitted to the v6 because its a bigger engine to turn over than the k4, again diesel has higher compression so they are always fitted with big batterys too

Cheers mate i knew the 180 needed a biggish battery because of the engine size but started to get lost and confused there for a minute, it seems i can get a recommended one from euro car parts for around the 40 quid mark so not to bad in the end, will probably order it next week when its payday.

[ZRed]

Be very careful with non genuine batteries mate. Their size doesn`t always fit the ZS.

[talkingcars]

Originally Posted by ZRed

Be very careful with non genuine batteries mate. Their size doesn`t always fit the ZS.

What is a non genuine battery?

Nice thing about eurocar is you can check the physical dimensions of the battery.

[ZRed]

As in, not OEM.

Batteries can be described as OEM spec but diffferent dimensions. I`ve had problems with cheap ones before. Fouling the headlight.