On Mar 6, 10:31=A0am, the_dawggie <the_dawg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I bought one around last xmas. Works OK, and is only three months old.
> I don't expect anything to seep up from the terminals and corrode the
> connectors
> like on the lead acid ones where you had to put silicon sealant around
> the terminals
> before installing.
Did you get this from Orange? I'm curious because I think I'll need a
new one soon and I like the sound of these calcium ones. But I don't
suppose it's something I'll find in Supercheap at Bathurst.
> Corroded battery terminals give me the screaming ****es - they have to
> be clean
> and ****ny. =A0Almost $200 later though. There was a $10 delivery fee in
> that which
> was reasnoble given they had to drive 17 km to bring it to me. There
> is nothing
> wrong with the old one, however I ah, hum, discharged it using it for
> lighting on a
> country property however that's OK because I need another battery
> there anyway).
>
> I'm curious about battery life on SI verses CI engines. On a diesel
> you hit the thing
> with around 70 amps for glow plugs for near 10 seconds before
> starting, then I'm
> not sure on the current for the starter, however the initial stroke is
> doing 22:1
> compression - of course the next stroke is more air spring.
>
> SI engines don't have those requirements on starting.
>
> It's curious Damo and I get 8 to 14 years out of them, as a diesel
> should be harsher on them I would have thought. That said, once
> started the only requirement of the battery is lighting, stereo, and
> otherwise not required, however I'd expect in an SI engine should
> be able to keep up with power requirements via the alternator.
My battery (and I would guess yours too to some degree going by how
long it takes you to get to work) spends almost all it's life at full
charge. I think that would have something to do with longevity.
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