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Quality Cranking Battery ?

Post by sootygu »

Need a new cranking battery for the GU and curious to know opinions on brands. Occasionally required for winching but not often.

What have you used and how is/was the quality and life of it.

I run a Optima deep cycle and have had mixed results and don’t particularly want to spend a fortune so lead acid maybe the best alternative.
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Oddesy or AC Delco AGM units
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Post by Emo »

Exide Extreme is pretty good.
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Re: Quality Cranking Battery ?

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sootygu wrote:I run a Optima deep cycle and have had mixed results ..
Can you elaborate on these 'mixed results'? Is that the yellow top? What do you run off it? (cranking/winching/fridge etc)

Was looking into getting one myself...
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I have a CAT one as my second for winch/fridge and it seems to be all good. My main is dying and will replace it with a CAT soon.
Main works fine as long as i drive it each day but it died last time i left it for a week; charged it again and it still works.....for now.
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Re: Quality Cranking Battery ?

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dogbreath_48 wrote:
sootygu wrote:I run a Optima deep cycle and have had mixed results ..
Can you elaborate on these 'mixed results'? Is that the yellow top? What do you run off it? (cranking/winching/fridge etc)

Was looking into getting one myself...
I had a blue top (i think) several years ago and it failed in the middle of the Cape after 6 months. I had to buy something up there to keep me going but when I got back to Melbourne they replaced it with a yellow top. This runs as the second battery for fridge, lights ect. Has been good so far.

Several people from our club run Optimas and around 3 of them have had problems. Not that great when you consider the price.
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Post by eliteforce32 »

i use two of these in the troll.... seem to work real well, don't know if you have a wagon or ute but mines a ute http://i9.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/d6/da/91b2_1.JPG

... over kill i no but have acess to them from work change overs, never had trouble with winching lighting , or running the fridges while on the trail ;)
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eliteforce32 wrote:i use two of these in the troll.... seem to work real well, don't know if you have a wagon or ute but mines a ute http://i9.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/d6/da/91b2_1.JPG

... over kill i no but have acess to them from work change overs, never had trouble with winching lighting , or running the fridges while on the trail ;)
Yes I have a ute.

Looks like a big battery, how do you fit it in?

I have a Delkor in the trailer and so far has been good. Do have a part number for this one.

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box underneth tray... but dont have part no.
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Fullriver AGM

Cheap (for AGM) - all the benefits of AGM.

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Post by MissDrew »

Emo wrote:Exide Extreme is pretty good.
This is what I have run for years.
I have found them very good and get good life out of them.
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Guts wrote:
Emo wrote:Exide Extreme is pretty good.
This is what I have run for years.
I have found them very good and get good life out of them.
Yeah Exide are pretty good.

I've found SuperCharge to be even better. Very impressive CCA ratings for their size and excellent warranties. Worth a look.
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Post by mule75 »

i've found ac delco to be very good.
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Post by luxman278 »

just got six hard years of spotlighting roo's from an odysey 2500.
replace it with a yanky deka 800cca.awesome battery.
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